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David Tidhar (1897-1970) was born in Jaffa, the son of Moshe Bezalel Todrasovitch and Esther Rachel, daughter of Aharon Nirenberg. Tidhar received a traditional education at the Shaarei Torah Talmud Torah and at the Tachkemoni and Ezra schools. In his youth he was active in various institutions in Jaffa and Tel Aviv and founded the 'Young Maccabi'. At the end of the First World War he joined the Jewish Legion and he was involved in the riots in May 1921, when he defended the border between Neve Shalom and Jaffa. From 1921-1926 he served as a police officer and commander of the Jerusalem police. After this he opened a private detective agency in Tel Aviv. As a result of his public criticism of the heads of the British police force, Tidhar was forced to leave Eretz Israel and between 1927-1931 he and his family lived in Egypt. In 1940 he was one of the founders of the Jabotinsky Institute and acquired a lot of material with the aim of bringing together information about the history of Jabotinsky, in honour of his 60th birthday. He founded the committee for Talmud Torah Shaarei Torah in Neve Shalom, as well as the publishing house 'Sifriyat Rishonim' which published 16 booklets on personalities from the Old Yishuv under the editorship of Yaakov Horgin. In 1944 Tidhar initiated and organised “Aharon Aaronson month” to mark the 25th anniversary of his death. During the Second World War he served as an army investigator and he became the liason between the Hagana and the Lehi and Etzel. He was an active member of the Freemasons and of Bnai Brith. From 1950 Tidhar worked as a publisher. He researched the history of the Yishuv and wrote many books on the subject. His most famous project was the Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel, which was published in 19 volumes. The archive includes widespread correspondence and questionnaires that he sent to pioneers and their families in preparation for the Encyclopedia, many drafts of Tidhar’s literary works, photographs and personal documents.
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