Testimony, three documents and five important photographs of the Irgun and Knesset Member Esther Raziel Naor.
* The testimony of Naor, which was collected in May 1957 regarding the period of her imprisonment. Stencil printing. “I was arrested in 1944, on March 2, after found in my home the Irgun transmitter… I was released from my arrest on New Year’s Eve 1944, after sitting for 7 months. I was severely monitored for three and a half years … After the King David Hotel explosion I was arrested again and sent to Latrun …”.
* Certificate of her National Military Organization Soldier, signed by Menachem Begin.
* Naor’s certificate of service as member of the Irgun’s headquarters signed by Menachem Begin’s signature. Fill in the details: Joined in 1932, Years of activity: continuous … Jail and detention: Bethlehem, Latrun.
* Naor’s “Elected Certificate” as a Second Knesset Member.
* A photograph of Bluma Gordin the mother of Esther Raziel Naor.
* Two photographs of Esther Raziel Naor from her childhood days, about 4 year old, and in her teens.
* Two photographs of Esther Raziel Naor after immigrating to Israel.
Esther Raziel-Naor (1911-2002): Member of the Irgun and sister of Irgun commander David Raziel, and later member of the Knesset on behalf of the Herut movement. She was born in the town of Smargon in the Vilna area. In 1914 she immigrated with her parents and brother to Eretz Israel. In 1932, joined Betar and organized the “National Cells”. In addition to her work in the Irgun and Beitar, continued to engage in teaching.
In 1936, with the outbreak of the Great Arab Revolt, joined the Irgun follow her brother David Raziel. In August 1936 Raziel-Naor took part in a reprisal for the first time. The operation included firing shots and throwing grenades at a passing train. Three years later, in 1939, she became the first radio announcer of the Etzel radio station “Kol Zion halochemet”, as well as a reporter for the newspaper HaMashkif, and after its closure, in the Herut movement’s journal. In 1943 she joined the Irgun.
On March 4, 1944, a radio transmitter was brought to his parents’ home for one night. That night the British police searched the house, confiscated the transmitter and arrested Raziel-Naor and her husband, Yehuda Naor. Raziel-Naor was brought to the women’s prison in Bethlehem when she was pregnant. On August 18, 1944, after seven months of detention, she was released and soon gave birth to her daughter. Raziel-Naor was sentenced to house arrest, and she was taken for interrogation frequently.
After the establishment of the State of Israel, Naor joined the Herut movement and was elected on its behalf to the Knesset, from the first to the seventh. During the 25 years of her service in the Knesset, she served as chairperson of the faction and was a member of the Education and Culture Committee.
Various sizes, overall very good condition.
