From 1944 to 1948, Irgun and Lehi men being held without trial at the Latroun camp were deported by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities to internment camps in Africa, located in Sembel, Carth
Irgun detainees in the Gilgil internment camp, Kenya (from left to right: Aryeh Mehullal, Reuven (Robert) Rubinstein, Zvi Hadassi, Dov HaLevi Milman, Shmuel Tamir (Katznelson), Meir Shamgar (Sternberg)).
Irgun posters. Left: "Remember: Today it's them, tomorrow it's you who shall be deported". Right: "Banishment of Jews from their homeland - unpredicated disgrace, unforgivable crime".
The Gilgil camp.
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Meir Shamgar was the president of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1983 to 1995.
Irgun and Lehi internment in Africa
…improve their conditions. The British encouraged extensive educational activity, including language classes by detainee Uzzi Ornan. Others, including Meir Shamgar and Shmuel Tamir, studied law through correspondence with British universities. Relations with the command staff were generally good, albeit with one…
Meir Shamgar 1987 Dan Hadani Archive III
Shamgar at the age of 18
Shamgar in detention in Eritrea, 1946