Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 2/12
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with Robert Dass, former member of Jewish underground forces
Date(s)
- 1997 Jan 24 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
17pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Robert Dassa, describing his recruitment by Avraham Dar to a Jewish underground unit in Egypt (Unit 131), during 1951 and training in Alexandria and Israel; other recruits to the Unit including Philip Nathanson, Victor Levy and Shmuel Azar; operations carried by the unit against the Alexandria Post Office, 2 Jul 1953, American Library in Alexandria, 14 Jul 1953 and a Cairo cinema 23 Jul 1953 (OPERATION SUSANNAH); his capture, Jul 1953; the trial and sentencing of members of the group under Judge General Digu Digwi (1954-1955) (Lavon Affair).17pp