Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 2/10
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with Major Ben Zion Cohen, former member of Irgun
Date(s)
- 1997 Feb 27 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
19pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Maj Ben Zion Cohen (Giora), describing his early military career and role in the armed Jewish underground movement Irgun Zeva'i Le'umi (Irgun), commanding an operation against the Arab village of Deir Yassin (9 April 1948) as part of the campaign to lift the siege of Jerusalem during the War of Independance.19pp