Dan Nimrod papers, 1938-2002, bulk 1977-2002.

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Dan Nimrod papers, 1938-2002, bulk 1977-2002.

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Collection contains correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, speeches, legal documents, photographs, audiotapes, and videotapes, ca. 1950-2002, bulk 1977-2002. They are the papers of Jacob Dan Nimrod, largely from the time he resumed his writing career in 1977 until his death. They cover Nimrod's political writing activities, mainly concerning Israeli politics and foreign relations. Other prominent topics include apartheid in South Africa and the civil war in Nicaragua. It also includes the writings he saved of some of his correspondents. The collection also contains the papers of Sol Modell, a frequent correspondent, and a former professor of history at Los Angeles Valley College.

27 linear ft.

George Washington University

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George Washington University

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Modell, Solomon, b. 1915.

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Horwin, Leonard, 1913-

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Dawn Publishing Company.

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Nimrod, Dan

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Jacob Dan Nimrod (1923-2002) was a Polish-Israeli-Canadian political commentator, active in various Zionist causes. Born in what is today the Ukraine, Nimrod, originally named Ya'acov Hebel, was active in the Zionist movement from a young age. At age 15, he migrated across Europe to the British Mandatory Palestine. At the outbreak of World War II, Nimrod enlisted in the British Army's Jewish Palestinian Unit and served in North Africa. He joined the Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organizati...

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The Irgun (Etsel) was a military organization founded in Palestine in 1931. Its ideology was based on the teachings of Vladimir Jabotinsky, which stated that armed Jewish force was the prerequisite for a Jewish state and that every Jew had a right to enter Palestine. Its symbol was a hand holding a rifle over the map of present day Israel and Jordan with the motto "Raḳ kakh" ("Only thus"). This symbol is on most of the items in this collection. Menachem Begin was the commander of the Irgun from...