From catastrophe to power: Holocaust survivors and the emergence of Israel
TitleFrom catastrophe to power: Holocaust survivors and the emergence of Israel; The Gold of the Jews (original edition)
Author
Call number325.5694/0017
Object number05133
Place of publicationBerkeley, California, United States
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Year of publication
1998
Physical description344p.,index
MaterialBook
ISBN0520215788
NotesAn abridged and revised edition of Zehavam Shel Ha'Yehudim: Ha'Yehudit Ha'Machtartit Le'Eretz Israel, 1945-1948 (The Gold of the Jews)
Description
Discusses the clandestine immigration to Palestine of Jewish refugees, most of them Holocaust survivors. Also scrutinises the Mossad's mode of operation, its ideology and politics, its structure and history and its collective human profile