Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 10/16
Title
Background research notes and copy text, [1948-1996], relating to the 1948 Irgun attack on the Arab village of Deir Yassin
Date(s)
- [1948 (Creation)
- 1996] (Creation)
- 1982 - 1983 (Creation)
- 1971 (Creation)
- 1957 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Deir Yassin research' Manuscript notes, typescript translations of articles and sections of books relating to the attack on the Arab village of Deir Yassin by Jewish Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL, Etzel) forces, 9 Apr 1948. Also contains transcripts of interview with eyewitnesses to the attack including Meir Pail, (Yisrael) Galili 19 May 1983; testimony of Reuven Greenberg 8 Aug 1957; transcript of interview with David Niv, IZL historian, 5 May 1982, and transcript of Irgun Zvai Leumi radio broadcast reporting the attack 11 Apr 1948.Language: English, Hebrew, Arabic