Without permission : conversations, letters, and memoirs of Henry Mandel /

"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. Hen...

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Tác giả khác: Flaks, Samuel, 1984- (Biên tập viên)
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Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Brookline, MA : Cherry Orchard Books, an imprint of Academic Studies Press, 2021.
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Mục lục:
  • Part One: Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel
  • Vienna Born, Bronx Bred
  • The War Comes Home
  • The Merchant Marine
  • From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing
  • Final Preparations
  • The Irgun Had Other Ideas
  • Bazooka Plant
  • Part Two: Letters and Contextual Commentary
  • The Bergson Group
  • The Mission and the Crew
  • Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea
  • The Palestine Run
  • Piracy on the High Seas
  • Breakout
  • Release
  • Machal
  • A Mercy Ship's Legacy
  • Part Three: Henry Mandel Reflects
  • Family and Brotherly Love
  • Civil Servant and Union Activist.