Youth Movements and Zionist Activity in Egypt

Born Cairo 1902. Lived in Egypt until 1949. Discusses: being caught as Zionist spy; imprisonment; involvement in various organizations; his Aliyah, 1949; his life in Egypt and involvement in Jewish-Moslem organization against British occupation; working in statistics division in Ministry of Finance; other places he worked; Rabbi Haim Nachum's appointment as head of Egyptian Jewish community; community organization of Egyptian Jews; leadership; Zionist activity; meeting places; establishment of 'U.U.J.J.'; activity of 'Young Hebrew' in Egypt; how they came to Kibbutz 'Hashomer Hatzair'; organization of illegal Aliyah from Egypt; agricultural 'hachshara' training in Egypt; visits made to Egypt by members of Yishuv regarding saving European Jewry; WWII; presence of Israeli Jewish soldiers in Egypt, and subsequent problems; Jewish organizations in this period; change of atmosphere in Egypt regarding Zionist activity, following murder of Lord Moyen, 1944; names of Zionist leaders and activists; names of Jews active in Egyptian communist movements; persecution of Egyptian Jews, 1940's.