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‘A’ Force 237

Aaronson, Yerachmiel 219, 220

Abdullah, King 16

Abraham, Abraham ben 126

Abramsky, Shmuel 41

Achimeir, Abba 131

al-Husseini, Haj Amin (Grand Mufti of Jerusalem) 11, 12, 15

Albutt, Sergeant 221

Ali, General Rashid 121

Allenby, Sir Edmund 10

Altman, Dr Aryeh 91

Amichal-Yevin, Ada 43, 52, 173

Amper, Avraham

character of 55

death of 158, 187

involved in bank robberies 100, 130

originator of Polish training camps 54, 99

shot and arrested in Dizengoff Street raid 147, 149–50

Amramoff, Zvi 221

Anglo-Palestine Bank (Tel Aviv) 99–101, 115, 216

anti-Semitism 11, 19, 111

Arab Higher Committee 12, 15, 229

Arabs

British paternalism towards 13–14

British strategy towards revolt 15–16

invasion of State of Israel 229

Jewish reprisals 28–9, 30–1, 35–6, 67–71, 99

population of 9, 11

quiescent during War 83–4

reaction to Partition plan 12

relationship with Nazi Germany 112

revolt against the Jews 11–12, 19–21, 31, 35, 80, 81, 87, 253–4

and sale of land to the Jews 29–30

treated differently to the Jews 202

view of Jews in Palestine 206

Avnery, Uri 72–3, 92, 131

Axis 91, 92, 109, 110, 117, 123, 182, 190, 205

Bachmaris, Nissim 195

Balfour, Arthur James 8–9

Balfour Declaration (1917) 8–9, 10, 11, 63

Ballantine (police officer) 204–5, 216

Bamachteret newspaper 101

Banai, Yaacov 198, 223–4

Bar-Giora, Moshe 196

Barham, Superintendent 119

Barker, Ronald 77, 87, 127, 134, 210

Baruch 136–7, 139

Battershill, William 15, 72

Baxter, Charles 190

Becker, Yehoshua 126, 128, 130, 202–3

admires Stern 220

joins forces with Lehi 220–1

joins the Irgun 220

Begin, Menachem

background 220

considered a murderer by the British 229–30

elected Prime Minister 256

as founder and leader of Herut party 230

publishes claims concerning Morton’s killing of Stern 230–1

Ben-Gurion, David

beliefs 32, 34

biography of 234

character and description 32

elected Prime Minister 256

emigrates to Palestine 32

family background 31–2

reaction to 1939 White Paper 64

supports Britain during the War 83

Ben-Josef, Shlomo 55

Bentwich, Norman 49–50

Berman, Yitzhak 159, 253

Bet-Zuri, Eliyahu 225

Betar 34, 50, 53–5

Bialik, Hayim Nahman, ‘In the City of Slaughter’ 45

Black, Ian 246–7, 248, 257

Black Sunday (1937) 35

Black Watch 16

Borochov, Dov Ber 59

Borochov, Shoshana 59–60, 224

Bourdillon, Bernard 215

Bourdillon, Joy 215

Bourne, Jack 29–30

Brenner, Yosef 179

British Army 84, 134

British White Paper (1939) 62–3, 64, 83, 113

Brooke-Popham, Sir Robert 13–14

Brosh, Nehemia 157

Brument, Arthur 31

Burstein, Roni see Stern, Roni Burstein

Cafferata, Raymond 116, 118

Cairns, Ralph 127, 134, 210

brutal treatment of prisoners 74–5

death of 77–8, 87

Catling, Dick

awarded police medal 182

background 58

comment on possible German agents 190–1

death of 257

informs Gile Bey of police actions against Stern gang 161

interrogates member of the Stern group 195

joins PPF 58–9

treatment of prisoners 76

waves Morton and his wife goodbye 210

Chamberlain, Neville 62, 83

Churchill, Winston 84

Clarke, Sergeant ‘Nobby’ 20

Clarke, Michael 72

Cohen, Yehoshua 136, 139, 196, 197, 223

Colonial Office 8, 10, 27, 200, 214, 227

Cranborne, Viscount 201

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) 5

discussion of police killings 143

find buried bomb 139

hunt for Stern and his gang 104–6, 116–19, 122, 126–7, 143–4, 153–4, 157, 158, 167–74, 197–9

important role of 61

interest in the Irgun 57

Jewish agents in 229

members of 58

new offices of 132

proposed attacks on 71

raid on home of Itamar Ben Haroch 116

Stern group’s threats against 126–7

surrender of members of the Stern Gang 158–60

transformed into efficient service 16

Curzon, George Nathaniel 7 and note

Daly, Arthur 6, 165–8, 172–3, 182, 234

Day, Daniel ‘Happy’ 146, 182, 254

Dekel, Efrem 141

Di Tat newspaper 52, 64

Dichter, Ze’ev 138–9

Dizengoff Street 133–4, 135, 144–53, 158, 159, 161, 165, 170, 186, 210, 254

Driberg, Tom see Hickey, William

Eden, Eden 189

Efron, Binyamin 44

Egypt 5, 10, 27, 62, 229

Eilender, Dr Kasriel 115

El Alamein 205, 211, 215

Elazar ben Yair 48, 69

Elazar, Julie 133

Eldad, Israel 120, 217, 219

Esperance Bay (ship) 27

Ewer, H.E. 219, 221

Farmers Association 70

Federman, Matitiahu 126

Fforde, John 236, 257

Final Solution 114

First World War 11, 22, 23, 33, 41, 138

Florentin, David 131

France, French 110–11

Franco, General 48, 73

Frank, Gerold 232–3, 236

Garibaldi, Giuseppe 48

Gaucher, Roland 233

General Strike (1926) 24–6

Gepner, Binyamin 236–7, 251–2

Germans, Germany 110–16, 119, 190–1

Giladi, Eliyahu 99, 216

Giles, Arthur ‘Giles Bey’

accompany the Mortons to Cairo 210–11

attempts to organize cease fire with Stern Group 204

background 58

character and description 60

cultivates relationships with everyone 60

informed of Dizengoff Street raid 153

informed of surrender of Stern Gang members 160

mentions reliable insider source of information 118

notes the Wilkin-Soffer rivalry 102

receives weekly intelligence reports 70

relationship with Raziel 60, 61–2, 64

rounds up members of the stern group 105–6

witnesses treatment of prisoners by PPF 75

Givat Brenner 206–8, 209, 210

Goldman, Max 99, 100–1

Goldman, Nahum 138–9, 141, 193, 254

Golomb, Eliyahu 105, 157

Gordon (Jewish officer in PPF) 76–7

Great Depression (1929) 27

Green, R.D. 219, 221

Grün, Avigdor 31–2

Guardian newspaper 246, 257

The Gun (Raziel & Stern) 37

Gurion, David ben 48

Haaretz newspaper 70

HaBoker newspaper 157, 179

Haganah 157

acquisition of weapons 85, 205–7

agents in the CID 157

arrest and imprisonment of members 84

battles with the Arabs 229

believe Irgun to be usurpers 107

bombing campaign 62–3

as defensive organization 48

disapproves of Moyne killing 225

establishment of 33

and the Givat Brenner sting 206–8

impressed by Tom Wilkin 60

interrogate Nikolaievski on bomb-making 196–7

and the Irgun 34, 107–8

links to political bodies 152

as part of the United Resistance Movement 226

plants bomb on the Patria 189

Stern as member of 46–7

Haifa

Arab deportations from 15, 19

arrival of MacMichael 7, 8, 17–18

bombing in 55–6, 62–3

Irgun attacks in 68

Italian air raids on 97

Mandate’s immigration office blown up 115

pipeline blown up 12

propaganda leaflest posted in 219

unrest in 19–20, 28–31, 35–6

Hakim, Elihayu 225

Hancock, Else Schweikher ‘Peta’ 253

Hancock, Stanley Neville 231, 252, 253

Haroch, Itamar Ben 116

Harrington, Laurence 201–2, 210

Hebrew Gymnasium (Jerusalem) 45

Hebrew University (Jerusalem) 46, 49

Hebron 46

Hentig, Werner Otto von 111–12

Hickey, William (aka Tom Driberg) 12–13

Hitler, Adolf 11, 83, 91, 205, 218

HMS Endurance 7, 8

HMS Enterprise 18

Hocking, Leslie 23

Horne, Edward 76

Hulancki, Witold 52

Hutchens, Sergeant Kenneth 207–8

Ilin, Efraim

gives regular parties 57–8

install’s Zeroni in his sister’s flat 76

meets with Soffer 103

as smuggler and Irgun sympathiser 57

Iraq 9, 28, 62

Iraq Petroleum Company 28

Ireland, Irish 73, 74

Irgun Zvai Leumi B’Ysrael (National Military Organization in Israel) 93

Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization) 55, 257

acquisition of weapons 85

appoints Strelitz as commander-in-chief 65–6

attacks on Arabs and British targets 65–78, 229

carries out tit-for-tat reprisals 34–5

disagreements with Raziel 87

formation of 34

hatred of the British 72–3

joins forces with Lehi 220–1

leadership arrested and imprisoned 78, 86–91

organizes Haifa bombing 36–7

as part of the United Resistance Movement 226

and possible Italian negotiations 108

and possible return of Stern group 123

presence in Haifa 36

reaction to Stern’s death 187

as separate from Stern’s group 143–4

Stern and Raziel’s animosity towards each other 91–3

Stern’s work for 39, 49, 50–1, 52–3

Israel, State of 227, 229

Israel State Radio 239

Israeli Defence Forces 256

Italy, Italians 97–8, 106, 107–10, 119

Jabotinsky, Eri 89

Jabotinsky, Ze’ev

as admirer of the British Empire 51

beliefs 33

character and description 32, 51

converts to Zionism 32–3

death of 93

family background 32–3

pledges support for Britain during the War 83

relationship with Stern 53–4, 56, 64

as Revisionist 48

and Stern-Raziel animosity 91–2

as supreme commander of the Irgun 34, 50

Jaffa 11, 67, 80, 132, 143, 179

Jerozolima Wyzwolona newspaper 52

Jerusalem

Allenby’s entrance into 10

anti-Jewish riots in 11

attacks on British targets 71–4, 210, 220

bombing of Rex cinema 68, 71

Irgun attacks in 68

kibbutz killings 35

MacMichael’s arrival in 7–8, 12, 16–17

reaction to 1939 White Paper 64

religious rivalries and sensitivities in 15, 19

Jewish Agency 3, 32, 33, 60, 61, 64, 71, 77, 84, 133, 229

Jewish Legion 33, 138

Jewish Supernumerary Police 85

Jonathan Cape (publisher) 233, 236

Kalai, Hanoch see Strelitz, Hanoch

Kaplan, Shmuel 99, 100, 104

Katyn Forest 119

Keith-Roach, Edward 98

Khartoum 14

Kishinev 33, 46, 137

Kleif, Meir 44–5

Knatchbull-Hugessen, Sir Hughe 189

Kokhba, Simon bar 48

Kopstein, Zvi 125

Labour party (Mapai) 33, 70, 133

Langsfelder, Nelly 96, 133

Lawson, Mr Justice 234

League of Nations 10

Lebanon 91

Lehi (Lohamei Herut Israel or Freedom Fighters of Israel) 257

battles with the Arabs 229

disbandment of 227

failed attempt to assassinate Geoffrey Morton 226–7

joined by escapees from Latroun detention camp 217

and killing of Lord Moyne 225

as part of the United Resistance Movement 226

propaganda distributed by 217–18, 219

set-up by Shamir 216–17

violence unleashed by 219–24

Levstein, Yaacov ‘Yashke’

arrested and imprisoned 86–7

asked to identify Stern’s body 179

at meeting to plan CID assassinations 134, 135–7

in charge of Lubentchik’s arrangements 110–11

comment on Raziel’s release 88

comment on the Stern group’s priorities to raise funds and liquidate CID 126

comment on Strelitz’s perceived treachery 122–3

hunts for Rothstein 109

involved in attacks on British targets 71–2, 77–8

involved in bank raids 97, 99–100

learns how to handle explosives 68

learns of Zeroni’s treatment by the PPF 74, 76

loyalty to Stern 61

organizes bombing of Rex cinema 68

passes notes to his mother via Constable Daly 166–7, 168

in prison 194

receives hospital visit from his mother 172–3

remembers Stern on passing-ut parades 54

respectful of his enemy 127

shot and arrested in Dizengoff Street raid 6, 148, 150–1, 164, 172

Levy, Eliahu 196, 197

Lokshin, Shimon 197

London County Council (LCC) 21

Lubentchik, Naftali 110, 110–13, 116

Luke, Sir Stephen 181, 227

Lydda (now Lod) District 79–80, 85, 201, 210

Lyttleton, Oliver 134

Maariv newspaper 254

McConnel, Major-General Douglas 181

McConnell, Michael ‘Mac’ 193

MacDonald, Malcolm 63, 64, 83

MacMichael, Araminta 8

MacMichael, Sir Harold

accepts post of High Commissioner in Palestine 7, 10

arrival in Palestine 7–8, 12, 16–17

believes situation in Palestine to be ‘generally quiet’ 64

and bomb attacks in Jerusalem 72

character and description 7, 14

dislikes private armies on his patch 84

influence of CID on 61

on Lehi hit list 218–19, 227

narrowly misses being killed in ambush 223

opposed to Jewish refugees in Palestine 84–5

orders report on Jewish underground 152

seeks counsel of Brooke-Popham 13–14

sends final pessimistic report to London 222–3

settles for policy of appeasement 201

upholds British stance against Jewish immigration 188–91

MacMichael, Lady Nesta 8

MacMichael, Sophia 7

MacMillan, Harold 191

Macpherson, John Stuart 96–7, 179

Magnes, Judah Leon 49, 187

Manchester Guardian 64

Mapai (Workers Party of the Land of Israel) see Labour Party

Marwitz, Ralf von der 112

Masada 48

Medler, Walter 29–31, 35, 36, 65, 164

Mehmed V, Sultan 10

Menachem, Arieh 118–19, 129

Meridor, Yaacov 123, 170

Meshi (Irgun intelligence service) 61

Midgley, Mr 23

Milmo, Helenus 230, 231

Moisevitz, Baruch 160

Moldovan, Elihahu 129

Moldovsky, Moshe 67, 99

Morton, Alice Fowler 4, 79–81, 172, 188, 194–5, 210–11, 214

Morton, Geoffrey

and the Anglo-Palestine Bank robbery 101–2

awarded the King’s Police Medal 181–2

belief in the law 85, 86, 253

blames Irgun and Stern for Haifa bombings 36–7

character and description 4–5, 19, 21, 24, 163, 237, 253–4

deals with aftermath of Italian bombing in Tel Aviv 97–8

and death of his friend Wally Medler 30–1, 35–6

death of 257

and death of Stern 6, 177–9, 228, 230–7, 243–9, 251–3, 255–6

disapproves of Harrington memorandum 201–3

events leading up to Stern’s death 163–4, 165–74

family background and education 21–4, 40

forced to take out libel actions against various publishers and authors 230–1, 232–7, 255

and the Givat Brenner sting 206–8

given charge of CID in Lydda District 79, 82

given new posting in Jerusalem 214–15

gives despairing lectures to Flying Squad 221–2

guarded by the ‘three Alecs’ 188

impressed by his deputy and second in command 82–3

involved in Arab revolution 19–21, 28–31, 35, 79

involved in shooting and arrests in Dizengoff Street 5, 144–53

joins Palestine Police Force 27–8

learn’s of Stamp’s version of Stern’s death 246, 247–9

long and happy marriage to Alice Fowler 79–81

reaction to surrender of Stern Gang members 160

recovers weapons from Irgun and Haganah 85

sends letter to Stanley concerning his departure from Palestine 213–14

sent home on leave in UK 208–11

settles back in the UK 228, 256

as special policeman in General Strike 24–7

survives assassination attempts 126–41, 194–200, 226–7

transferred to Nyasaland 227–8, 256

transferred to Trinidad 222, 223

turns down captaincy in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 81–2

writes his autobiography 231–4

Morton, Geoffrey Jr 228

Morton, Marion 80

Morton, Penny 228, 256, 257

Morton, Sarah 21, 22

Morton, William Jackson 21–2

Moyne, Lord 85, 189, 190, 225, 233

Mussolini, Benito 3, 48, 73, 107

Myers, L.W. 24

Naif, Prince 16

Nazis 84, 86, 90, 110, 112, 120, 121, 124, 191

Nemdar, Asher 71

New York World Telegram 73

New Zionist Organization 50, 83

Nikolaievski, Yosef 196–7

Nimrodi, Mazlia 68

Nyasaland 227–8, 256

Operation Edelweiss (1942) 205, 215

Orenstein, Yaacov 114

Ormsby-Gore, Sir William 8, 10, 14–15

Ottoman Empire 8, 10, 27

Palestine

bombs and massacres in 46, 62–3

British Mandate in 10, 19, 45, 60–1, 63, 70, 74, 78, 228–9

British need for Jewish support during the War 205–10

British paternalism towards the Arabs in 13–14

continued British stance against Jewish immigration 188–91

failure of London talks 62–3

as home for Jewish people 8–10, 85

illegal immigration of Jews to 60–1, 84–5

implications of and reactions to 1939 White Paper 63–6

Irgun activities in 67–78

martial law imposed 15

police role in 15–17

private Jewish armies in 85–6

renewed violence in 218–24

riots and rebellions 11–12, 15, 19–20, 28–31, 55–6, 62

suggested partition of 12

UN proposal for partition into Jewish and Arab states 229

Zionist colonisation of 12–13

Palestine Orchestra 81

Palestine Police Force (PPF) 4

bombing operations against members of 192–201

deaths of officers in 28–31, 139–41, 143, 144, 219, 223–4, 225

description of 27–8

and dissident Jews 35–7

and Dizengoff Street shootings and arrests 5–6, 144–53

hunt for Stern and his gang 104–6, 116–19, 122, 126–7, 143–4, 153–4, 158

Jewish members of 70–1

media denunciation of Stern, Zak and Amper’s deaths 186–7

origins and development 15

recruits to 21, 253

strategy for dealing with Arab revolt 15–16

treatment of prisoners 74–6

and Yael Street bombing 139–41, 143, 144

Palestine Police Old Comrades Association 236, 237, 257

Palestine Post 16, 18, 30, 35, 64, 77, 140, 156, 182

Palmach 152, 226, 229

Parkinson, Sir Cosmo 200

Patria (ship) 189

Peel, William Robert Wellesley, Lord 12

Petrie, David 15–16

Pilsudski, Jozef 48, 54

Pilsudski (ship) 66

pogroms 33

Polani, Yaacov 54, 65, 95–6, 117, 118, 158, 162

Polonski, Arieh 71

Pritzker, Israel 108

Radio Liberated Zion 69, 72, 74

Ramat Gan 79

Raziel, David

arrest, imprisonment and release 65, 87, 88–9

character and description 35, 49

co-author of small-arms manual 37

death of 121, 123

dedicated to violent action 55–6

disagreements with Irgun command 87, 88–9

feelings towards the British 61, 90, 108

organizes bombings and shootings 35

refuses to help find the Stern group 105

relationship with Giles Bey 60, 61–2, 64

schism with Stern 91–3, 96

Rehovoth 12–13, 79

Reuven, Nissim 125, 128, 130, 202

Revisionists 34, 39, 48, 56, 90–3, 97, 101, 124, 200, 257

Reznitsky, Yitzhak 197

Rice, Harry 106

Ring, Inspector G.F. ‘Dinger’ 20

Robinson, Pinhas 44–5

Rokach, Israel 60

Rommel, Erwin 171, 205

Rosenthal, David 102–4

Rothschild, Lionel Walter, Lord 8

Rothstein, Moshe 107–9, 110, 134

Royal Air Force (RAF) 12, 16, 206, 253

Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) 23

Royal Navy 189

Royal Scots Fusiliers 12

Rushbrooke, William 23

St Olave’s Grammar School ‘Stogs’ 22–4

Saunders, Alan

assassination attempts 193, 198

at special meeting of the District Security Committee 143

background 97

believes that the Stern group will shortly dissolve 97

and death of Stern 254

praises Morton for Givat Brenner sting 208

report on Stern and his group 158–9, 177, 179, 197–8

sends Morton back to UK 209

told of events at Dizengoff Street 149

warns of further action 186, 187–8, 200

Schiff, Akiva 138

Schiff, Rachel 138

Schiff, Solomon 137–9, 140–1, 150, 152, 193, 196, 254

Schliemer, Constable 126

Schreiber, David 82, 240

Schreiber, Fay see Morton, Fay Schreiber

Scott, John 76

Martin Secker & Warburg (publisher) 233–4

Second West Kent Regiment 8

Second World War 5, 79, 81, 83, 91, 97–8, 171, 205, 215

Seligman, Max 130, 199, 236

Shai (Haganah intelligence service) 61, 107

Shamgar, Shlomo 111

Shamir, Yitzhak (formerly Yitzhak Yezernitzky) 121–2, 127

at Giles and Ballantine’s ceasefire meeting 204–5

character and description 216

elected Prime Minister 256

escapes from Mazra’a camp 216

gives go-ahead for assassination of Tom Wilkin 223

and plan to assassinate Oliver Lyttleton 134

sets up Lehi group 216

Shand, Alec 188, 194, 195, 196, 215, 227, 237, 257

Shapira, Hassia 1–2, 157, 162, 170, 171, 219

Sharoni, Ezra 196, 198

Shaw, Barry 257

Shaw, Henry Bennett 75, 199

Shomron, David 223–4

Shukry, Hassan Bey 8

Shulman, Nahman 158

Siksik, Ali Husni 127–8

Smilansky, Moshe 70

Soffer, Solomon 102–4

Soffioff (Jewish detective) 129

Stalin, Josef 48, 73

Stamp, Bernard 178

and death of Stern 176, 239, 251, 252

family background 82

interviewed on death of Stern 240–9, 254

lives quietly in Hull 240

marries a Jewish girl 82–3, 240

Stamp, Fay Schreiber 82–3, 240

Stamp, Iris 240

Stamp, Robert Daniel ‘Dan’ 82, 240

Stanley, Oliver 213, 214

Stern, Amira 42

Stern, Avraham

adopts ‘Yair’ as his nom de plume 68–9, 87, 90, 157

aftermath of his death 181–8, 256–7

arrest and imprisonment 86–91

attemps to assassinate Morton and Wilkin 126–41

beliefs and visions 47–9, 50–1, 122

birth and childhood 39–40, 42–4

character and description 2, 43–4, 45, 48, 49, 52–3, 55, 155, 160–1

co-author of small-arms manual 37

considers teaming up with the Axis powers 90–1

death of 6, 145, 161, 169, 177–80, 213, 224, 230–7, 240–9, 251–6

dedicated to violent action 55–6, 65–6

as eloquent and charismatic speaker 43, 117–18

events leading up to his death 165–74

forms a new Irgun organization 93

given responsibility for propaganda and intelligence section 66–71

hunted by the PPF 1–4, 102–6, 155–9

international intrigues 105, 106, 107–20, 124

involved in buying weapons and a ship from the Poles 66

involved in military training of Betar youths 52–6, 95

joins the Haganah 46–7

lives a fugitive existence 95–7, 119, 120, 131, 132, 156–8, 162–3, 168–71

meets and marries his wife Roni Burstein 46, 47, 51–2, 155–6

never takes part in any action 122, 123–4, 161

organizes bank raids 97–102, 105

plans to bring in mass reinforcements from Poland 66, 67, 78

poetry of 3–4, 48, 49, 87–8, 138, 161, 169

possible connection to Haifa bombing 36–7, 39

reaction to 1939 White Paper 64

reaction to death of Raziel 121–2

regards criticism as act of aggression 70

relationship with the British 73

relationship with Jabotinsky 53–4, 56, 64

released from prison 91, 96, 103

returns to Palestine 66–7

schism with Raziel 91–3, 96

student years in Jerusalem and Florence 44–6, 49–50

twentieth-fifth anniversary marking his death 256

visits to Poland 39, 51, 52

works for the Irgun 39, 49, 50–1, 52–3

Stern, David

arranges for commemorative tablet to be placed in Suwalki 40

at Stern’s graveside 179–80

birth and childhood 42

Stern Gang/group

attempted assassination of police 193–200, 226–7

bank raids and snatches 97–102, 122, 124, 125–6

decide to free comrades in gaol 199

departure of Strelitz and Zeroni from 123–4

distribute leaflets and transmit broadcasts 133

as effectively moribund 115–16

fugitive existence 95–7, 105

hunt for 153–4

maintain morale and cohesion 216

members interrogated by PPF 195–7

offers of mediation rejected 203–5

possibility of deportation after Stern’s death 183–5

PPF hunt for 104–6, 116–19, 122, 126–7, 143–4, 153–4, 158

probable traitor in 118

public indignation against 129–30

quarrels in 122–4

reaction to Stern’s death 193–9

shooting and arrests in Dizengoff Street 2–3, 5–6, 144–53

strong leadership of 217

surrender of members to the CID 158–60

Stern, Hadassah-Leah ‘Liza’ 42, 43, 44, 114–15, 179

Stern, Mordechai 42, 43, 44, 114–15

Stern, Roni Burstein 39

at Stern’s graveside 179–80

attends Ilin’s parties 57–8

believed to be under police surveillance 131

brief contact with Avraham 155–6

dull life in Tel Aviv 57

finds safe room for Avraham 119, 120

hit by flying debris in air-raid 98

joins Avraham in Poland 66

meets and marries Avraham 46, 47, 51–2

receives letters from Avraham whilst he is in prison 89–90

returns to Tel Aviv with Avraham 66

Stern, Yair 42, 43, 114

Stoodley, Constable 126, 130

Strassman, Henryk 52, 119

Strassman, Lily 52, 53, 66, 119–20

Strelitz, Hanoch (aka Hanoch Kalai)

appointed commander-in-chief 65

arrested and imprisoned 86

character and description 65

family background 65

hunted by the PPF and CID 153, 158

leaves Stern and returns to the Irgun 122–4

organizes attacks on Arabs and British targets 65–6, 67–8

regards criticism as act of aggression 70

runs basic training course at Kfar Saba 95

supports Stern 96

surrenders to CID 158–9

Struma (ship) 189–90, 191, 199, 200, 225

Stuart, Alec 120, 188, 194, 196, 219, 227, 237, 251–2, 257

Suwalki 39–42, 44, 114–15, 160

Svorai, Herut 131, 156, 171

Svorai, Moshe

asked to identify Stern’s body 179

broadcasts Stern propaganda 133

flat raided 117, 126–7, 199

moves into flat in Florentin area of Tel Aviv 131–3

sends note to his wife via Levstein’s wife and Daly 167–8, 234

shot and arrested in Dizengoff Street raid 2, 5, 147, 149–51, 153, 156, 164, 172

Svorai, Tova

and death of Stern 174, 176–8, 233, 234–5, 241, 242, 248

hides Stern in her flat 1–2, 132, 162–3, 168–71

involved with Stern gang members 117

receives message from Moshe 168

Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) 10

Syria 62, 91

Tanganyika 8

Tegart, Charles 15–16

Tel Aviv 14, 19, 64, 68, 71, 76, 79, 81, 97, 196, 220

Ternent, Alec 147–8, 151, 188, 219, 237, 248, 257

Torenberg, Nehemia 170, 197, 198

Trades Union Congress (TUC) General Council 24–5

Trinidad 222, 223, 226–7

Trusted, Henry Herbert, Chief Justice 17

Tselnik, Yitzhak 55, 134, 157, 161, 197

Tsur, Henia 239

Tsur, Ilana 239–41, 242, 243, 244–5, 248, 254

Turton, George 138–9, 193, 254

United Dairies 21, 24

United Nations 229

United Resistance Movement 226

University of Florence 50

Vaad Leumi (Jewish National Council) 61

Versaille peace conference (1919) 10

Wadi Hawareth 29–30

Wannsee Conference (1942) 114

War Cabinet 86

War Office 181

Ward, Michael 20, 29, 35, 36

Watts, Leading Aircraftman 207

Wauchope, Sir Arthur 8

Wedgwood, Josiah 73–4, 201

Weidenfeld & Nicolson (publisher) 234

Weizmann, Dr Chaim

democratic approach of 48

as president of the World Zionist Organization 12–13

promises Jewish support for Britain during the War 83

Weizsäcker, Ernst von 112

WH Allen (publisher) 231

Wilkin, Tom

arrests leadership of Irgun 78

background 59

character and description 59, 60, 82

death of 223–4, 225

and death of Stern 173–4, 176–7, 234–5, 241–2, 244, 248, 251, 253

interrogates Irgun leadership 87

interrogates member of Stern group 196

is best man at Stamp’s marriage 83

joins PPF 59

meets Shoshana Borochov 59–60

moves into Jaffa Police headquarters 188

natural linguist 60, 82

rivalry with Soffer 102, 104

Stern’s assassination attempt 126–8, 134, 136–7

swoops on Tel Aviv flat 117

Wilkinson, Ellen 64

Woodward, Ken ‘Busty’ 145–6, 207–8

World Zionist Organization 12, 50

Wybrow, C.H. 143, 170, 182

Yael Street bombings 137–41, 143, 144–5, 149, 152, 158, 159, 160, 256

Yarden Club (Warsaw) 52

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper 111, 245

Yeivin, Yehoshua 115

Yellin-Mor, Nathan

escapes from Latroun camp 217

involved in bomb attacks on Morton 198–9

sent to negotiate with the Nazis 124

and Stern’s reaction to the British White Paper 64

Yezernitzky, Yitzhak see Shamir, Yitzhak

Yishuv 31, 32, 34, 57, 59, 61, 62–3, 65–6, 83, 120, 127, 190, 191, 201, 223, 255

Zadka, Saul 246

Zak, Zelig

arrest and escape 134, 146

death of 158, 187

finds flat in Dizengoff Street 133–4

finds flat for Stern 131

involved in Yael Street bombing 130

shot and arrested in Dizengoff Street raid 146–53

use ‘noise bombs’ in bank raid 99, 100

Zaks, Leading Aircraftman 206–7, 208

Zeroni, Binyamin 134

arrest and interrogation by PPF 74–6

comments on Stern’s knowledge of his own death 161

hunted by the PPF and CID 153, 158

involved in bank raids 99

leaves Stern and returns to the Irgun 122–4

release and revenge 76

supports Stern 96

surrenders to CID 158–9

Zettler, Yehoshua ‘the Farmer’ 99, 100, 101, 117, 127, 162

Zionist Boy Scout movement 44

Zionists, Zionism

British attitude towards their arsenals 86

and Jabotinsky 48, 50

Jabotinsky’s vision of 33

Moyne’s hostility towards 225

numbers of 9, 10–11, 13

as possible instigators of Haifa bombing 31

reaction to 1939 White Paper 63

restraint shown by 31

supports Britain during the War 83–4

in Suwalki 41–2, 44

Zukerman, Aharon 158, 159–60