| Without Permission: Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs of Henry Mandel Contributor(s): Flaks, Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1644695944 ISBN-13: 9781644695944 Publisher: Cherry Orchard Books OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2021041027 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.89 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fantastical propaganda play depicting an armed revolt financed the purchase of the yacht Abril and its conversion to an "illegal" immigrant passenger ship renamed the Ben Hecht. The plan was to evade the British naval blockade and bring Holocaust survivor refugees to Palestine. Henry Mandel volunteered aboard the Ben Hecht, a converted yacht that challenged the British blockade of Jewish immigrants to pre-state Israel. Captured and detained in Acre Prison, Mandel aided the efforts of prisoners planning an escape. After release, Mandel helped set-up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York which he helped to reassembled in Israel during the 1948 Arab - Israeli War. Mandel was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel's story is explicated in a running commentary that includes the personal narratives of other members of the Ben Hecht crew as well as historical background. |