RARE Jewish 1940s Palestine Israel LATRUN Camp Prison Olive Wood Album Cover Art

RARE Jewish 1940s Palestine Israel LATRUN Camp Prison Olive Wood Album Cover Art

כריכת עץ מעוטרת לאלבום – מחנה המעצר בלטרון

על צד אחד גילוף יד בצורת ספינה, בצד אחר ציור יד של המחנה.

תמונה אחת בלבד באלבום – אשה אוחזת בתינוק.

כיתוב "לדושקה, מחברך הגדול רפי. 8.6.47, ירושלים"

מידות 7x15 ס"מ

A decorated wooden cover for the album - Latrun detention camp

On one side a hand carving in the shape of a ship, on the other side a hand drawing of the camp.

Only one photo in the album - a woman holding a baby.

Inscription "To Dushka, your great friend Rafi. 8.6.47, Jerusalem"

Dimensions 7x15 cm

Latrun Detention Camp:

Following the 1936–39 Arab revolt, the British authorities built a number of police forts (named Tegart forts after their designer[16]) at various locations; Latrun was chosen due to its strategic significance, particularly its dominant position above the Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem road. Many members of the Yishuv who had resisted the British administration were imprisoned in a detention camp at Latrun. Moshe Sharett, later Israel's second Prime Minister, and several other members of the Jewish Agency's Executive Committee, were held at Latrun for several months in 1946.