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Series 2: Nili underground

Title	Series 2: Nili underground
Author	Shneerson, Levi Yitzhak
Publication Date:	1900
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng,heb,rus
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of Minnesota Libraries
Record ID	cdi_globaltitleindex_catalog_141690354
Library Location	Request
Date	1900
Notes	In the series: original documents and copies of documents from the days of the first NIL and in particular from the period of activity of the NIL underground, among them, letters from Shneerson to Aharon Ahernson, on matters related to Schneerson's work as a liaison between the NIL underground in Israel and the British intelligence headquarters in Cairo; documents that contain action plans and instructions for intelligence gathering work; Schneerson's correspondence with Raphael Abolafia, a member of the NILI underground; diaries that Schneerson kept as part of his underground activities and in the period after its exposure, in which, along with lyrical writing and philosophical reflections, there is also a record of events from the days when contact was established between NILI and British intelligence, from Schneerson's time in Egypt and the island of Cyprus, his voyages on the intelligence ship "Managam" and his meetings with Nili on Atlit beach, as well as diaries from the days of the occupation of Israel by British army forces after the underground was exposed. A large part of the entries in the diaries are in Russian. The series also includes documents related to the commemoration of the underground and its people and research on the subject.

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Series 2: Nili underground

Author Shneerson, Levi Yitzhak

Publication Date 1900

Type Document

Language ara,eng,heb,rus

Digital No

Manuscript No

Library University of Minnesota Libraries

Record ID cdi_globaltitleindex_catalog_141690354

Library Location Request

Date 1900

Notes In the series: original documents and copies of documents from the days of the first NIL and in particular from the period of activity of the NIL underground, among them, letters from Shneerson to Aharon Ahernson, on matters related to Schneerson's work as a liaison between the NIL underground in Israel and the British intelligence headquarters in Cairo; documents that contain action plans and instructions for intelligence gathering work; Schneerson's correspondence with Raphael Abolafia, a member of the NILI underground; diaries that Schneerson kept as part of his underground activities and in the period after its exposure, in which, along with lyrical writing and philosophical reflections, there is also a record of events from the days when contact was established between NILI and British intelligence, from Schneerson's time in Egypt and the island of Cyprus, his voyages on the intelligence ship "Managam" and his meetings with Nili on Atlit beach, as well as diaries from the days of the occupation of Israel by British army forces after the underground was exposed. A large part of the entries in the diaries are in Russian. The series also includes documents related to the commemoration of the underground and its people and research on the subject.