Jewish soldiers in Palestine perform military exercises

Identifier
irn1004405
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.357.1
  • RG-60.4901
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Palestinian troops wearing helmets and carrying bayonets rush up a hill through an arch in a stone structure (IWM identifies it as an old city castle). LS of troops aiming their rifles from the top of the stone wall. Two soldiers stand sentry beside a Star of David flag atop the stone wall (battlement?). Jewish soldiers, smiling, talking, smoking, one gives the camera a thumbs up. A soldier operates a field phone with a board of international codes hanging on the wall. Soldiers perform various military exercises. Captured German soldiers under guard of the Palestinian troops cross a desert field. Prisoners seated in the back of a truck.

Note(s)

  • IWM Notes: all five parts of AYY 208 are compiled onto a single reel. The USHMM purchased three sections (98 ft; 147 ft; 44 ft) IWM Summary: The dope sheet refers to this unit as the British Foreign Legion and as a Palestinian unit of the British army. It states that the unit includes men from Poland, Rumania, Hungary, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Greece and Bulgaria and that it has seen service at Dunkirk, Crete, Greece and the Western Desert.

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