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Yechiam Weitz

Yechiam Weitz teaches in the Department of Erez Israel studies of the University of Haifa. He is the author of From Militant Underground to Political Party: The Founding of the Herut Movement, 1947–1949 and The First Step towards Rule: The Herut Movement, 1949–1955.

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Hansi Brand (Hartmann)

Hansi Hartmann started helping escaped Jewish refugees in Hungary with her husband Joel in 1938. She later played a central role in The Relief and Rescue Committee, founded by Joel in 1942, and went on to save thousands of Jews. After the war, she emigrated to Palestine and gave critical testimony at the Kasztner and Eichmann Trials.