Menachem Begin and the NKVD - the Soviet Union's attitude toward the struggle for a Jewish state

Heifets, Mikhail
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Title Menachem Begin and the NKVD - the Soviet Union's attitude toward the struggle for a Jewish state : a new perspective on the book "White Nights" by Menachem Begin.
Host Item Crossroads
an International Socio-Political Journal 13 (1984) 77-98
Description In September 1940, Begin was arrested in Vilna by the NKVD and detained in the Lukiškės Prison He was accused of being an "agent of British imperialism" and sentenced to eight years in a Soviet gulag camp. Begin was released after eight months, as were other Polish nationals, and joined the Anders Army, arriving in Eretz Israel in April 1942. Begin recorded and reflected upon his experiences in the Soviet camp in his memoir "White Nights".
In Hebrew:
"האומה" 74-75 (תשמד) 65-75
Language English
National Library system number 990001199800705171
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