Israel Remembers

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) began the evening of Wednesday, April 18, 2012, and ended the evening of Thursday, April 19, 2012. In honor of Holocaust Rememberance Day, let's take a moment to highlight the heroism and heros of the Holocaust- those Jews who found a way to fight the Nazis, whether the partisans or the Jewish brigade in the British army.

Israel Returns

In 1946, a new fighting unit, the Jewish Brigade Group, was created in pre-State Israel. Many of the fighters were Jewish refugees from Europe, and they fought side by side with the Allied forces in Europe. They became part of the British 8th Army, fought as Jews – as free sons of the Land of Israel. Ultimately, they formed an essential part of the building of the Israel Defense Forces that would fight back the Arab Armies in Israel’s War of Independence in 1948.

Click on the link below to take a moment to watch this fascinating short film made in 1946 about the Jewish brigade. At the 8 minute mark, watch the Passover scene – with Jewish soliders eating the traditional Matzah – unleavened bread – as Jewish soldiers brought freedom to Jewish prisoners from German Concentration Camps.

  
http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/the-jewish-brigade-road-to-liberty-spielberg-archive