1st Edition

Exiled to Palestine The Emigration of Soviet Zionist Convicts, 1924-1934

By Ziva Galili, Boris Morozov Copyright 2006
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This is the unknown story of how Zionists imprisoned by Soviet authorities were allowed to choose sentences of permanent departure to Palestine, where they helped build Jewish society, the backbone of left-wing parties, and the powerful trade union movement. These leading authors bring to light undiscovered documents from archives opened after the collapse of the Soviet Union and go on... Read more

List of Documents  1. Introduction: Zionism in Soviet Russia  2. Out of the USSR: The Exiles and Pompolit  3. Into Palestine: The Zionists and the British  4. Postscript  5. Documents

Biography

Boris Morozov, Ziva Galili

'The book tells an interesting story of both the early Soviet regime and the Zionist movement and is well worth reading.' - Inna Shtakser, Tel-Aviv University