Hebrew Committee of National Liberation: Copy letter re settlement in Palestine

Identifier
WL1132
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70249
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Jan 1945
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Hebrew Committee of National Liberation
  • Jewish Agency

Biographical History

The Hebrew Committee of National Liberation was launched in May 1944. Its origins were in the Emergency Committee to save the Jewish People of Europe, which itself had been formed at an Emergency Conference in July 1943. The founder (and author of this letter) was Hillel Kook aka Peter Bergson. The new committee's aims were to continue to agitate for the rescue of Jews in Europe and to struggle against the British in Palestine. It aspired to be something of an alternative to the Jewish Agency.

Archival History

Nothing is known about the custody of this copy prior to deposit.

Scope and Content

Copy letter from Hillel Kook aka Peter Bergson, chairman of the Hebrew Committee of National Liberation, to Chaim Weizmann, President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, in which he explains in some detail his ideas for the settlement of Palestine.
English 23 pages 

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • Other versions of the same letter (presumably including the original) are at the following 2 locations: Bergson File, Weizmann Archives, Rehovot; and HNCL File, Jabotinsky Institute, Tel Aviv.

People

  • Kook, Hillel
  • Weizman, Chaim

Subjects

Places

  • Palestine
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