Samuel Flaks

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Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs of Henry Mandel

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Produktbeschreibung

A fantastical propaganda play depicting an armed revolt financed the purchase of the yacht Abril and its conversion to an "illegal" immigrant passenger ship renamed the Ben Hecht. The plan was to evade the British naval blockade and bring Holocaust survivor refugees to Palestine.

Henry Mandel volunteered aboard the Ben Hecht, a converted yacht that challenged the British blockade of Jewish immigrants to pre-state Israel. Captured and detained in Acre Prison, Mandel aided the efforts of prisoners planning an escape. After release, Mandel helped set up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York, which he helped to reassemble in Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Mandel was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel's story is explicated in a running commentary that includes the personal narratives of other members of the Ben Hecht crew as well as historical background.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781644695968
• Artikelnr.: 62242890

Autorenporträt

Samuel Flaks is a grandson of Henry Mandel. He is currently an attorney who lives in New York City with his wife and young daughter.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Précis
Part I - Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben
Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel
Interview Key
Chapter 1 - Vienna Born, Bronx Bred
Chapter 2 - The War Comes Home
Chapter 3 - The Merchant Marine
Chapter 4 - From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing
Chapter 5 - Final Preparations
Chapter 6 - The Irgun Had Other Ideas
Acre Prison
Prison Pictures
Prayer & Paratrooper Boots 64
The Marine Carp
New York, New York
Chapter 7 - Bazooka Plant
American Jewish Underground
Volunteering for the Israeli Army 78
Part II - Letters and Contextual Commentary
Chapter 8 - The Bergson Group
Chapter 9 - The Mission and the Crew
Chapter 10 - Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea
Chapter 11 - The Palestine Run
Chapter 12 - Piracy on the High Seas
Chapter 13 - Break Out
Chapter 14 - Release
Chapter 15 - MACHAL
Chapter 16 - A Mercy Ship¿s Legacy
Chapter 17 - Family & Brotherly Love
Neither Tide Nor Time
Religious Liberty
Reflections on Aging
Chapter 18 - Civil Servant & Union Activist
Chapter 19 - Reflections of a Long Life
Bibliography & Works Cited
Acronyms
Articles & Archival Documents
Interviews
Books
About the Editor
Hebrew Language Summary