An important issue of the underground newspaper Herut (organ of the Irgun), dated November 11, 1943, accusing the British of perpetrating a massacre and aiding in the extermination of European Jewry.
Headline of the issue: “A Fighting Hebrew Youth Movement Has Been Born – We Unite to Wage War Against the Enemies of Israel. The British Sentries Are as Guilty of the Massacre as the Gestapo.”
The final part of this headline refers to a prominent front-page report titled: “How England Helps Exterminate the Jews of Europe – England Allows Turkey to Save Only 494 Jews Per Year.”
The issue reports that the process of sending immigration certificates (certificates) to Nazi-occupied Europe took between six and eight months – at the height of the extermination campaign, when the death camps were operating at full capacity and thousands of Jews were being murdered daily. It further claims that this process could have been shortened to just two months, but doing so required obtaining a Turkish visa. The British, however, allegedly complained to Turkey that these visas were being issued too easily. As a result, Turkey decided to restrict the number of visas to no more than nine per week (!).
Also featured in this issue: An Irgun declaration of war against the enemies of Israel and enemies of Zion, A report on the escape of 22 young Jews from the detention camp in Latrun, A comparison of Arab and Jewish weapon stockpiles, An account of the British police assaulting worshippers at the Western Wall on Yom Kippur, A call for a violent operational plan and mass enlistment into the ranks of the Irgun
[4] pages. Complete issue. Very good condition.
