File

Identifier
GDN/145/30/1-GDN/145/38/44
Language of Description
English
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

52 pieces

Scope and Content

The file contains correspondence relating to Palestine and the Middle East, particularly the settlement of Jewish refugees from Europe and the creation of a Jewish state. The file includes reports on the agricultural and financial resources of Palestine, the arms smuggling trade, and detailed accounts of interviews between Moshe Shertok [Sharett] and Harold MacMichael, High Commissioner for Palestine. There are also significant materials from Chaim Weizmann, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, and Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier. Pieces 145/31-34 and 145/36 are missing.

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