At the break of World War II he made his way to Paris, where he studied social sciences and history at the University of Paris, and from there to the United States, where he was active in creating committees of support for the Irgun and edited the English language weekly Answer for the “Hebrew Committee for the Liberation of the Nation”.[2] He also served as an emissary for the organization in Europe in 1948.
In 1948 he immigrated to Israel on board the Altalena.[2] He was one of the founders of the Herut Movement, its General Secretary and chief editor of the Herut newspaper. He was elected to the first Knesset for Herut and was a member of the Internal Affairs Committee. Later, he became a University lecturer in the United States on Middle East issues. He died in 1994.
^ ab. etzel.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
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Shmuel Merlin on the Knesset website
April 12, 2024
shmuel, merlin, hebrew, שמואל, מרלין, 1910, october, 1994, revisionist, zionist, activist, irgun, member, israeli, politician, faction, represented, knesset1949, 1951herutpersonal, detailsborn1910kishinev, russian, empiredied4, october, 1994biography, editmerl. Shmuel Merlin Hebrew שמואל מרלין 1910 4 October 1994 was a Revisionist Zionist activist Irgun member and Israeli politician Shmuel MerlinFaction represented in the Knesset1949 1951HerutPersonal detailsBorn1910Kishinev Russian EmpireDied4 October 1994Biography editMerlin was born in Kishinev in the Russian Empire now Moldova where he attended high school and joined the Betar movement From 1933 to 1938 he was Chief Secretary of the Executive of the World Union of Revisionist Zionists In 1938 he became editor of the Yiddish language Irgun publication in Warsaw Di Tat He was interviewed extensively in the feature documentary film Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die 1982 1 circular reference At the break of World War II he made his way to Paris where he studied social sciences and history at the University of Paris and from there to the United States where he was active in creating committees of support for the Irgun and edited the English language weekly Answer for the Hebrew Committee for the Liberation of the Nation 2 He also served as an emissary for the organization in Europe in 1948 In 1948 he immigrated to Israel on board the Altalena 2 He was one of the founders of the Herut Movement its General Secretary and chief editor of the Herut newspaper He was elected to the first Knesset for Herut and was a member of the Internal Affairs Committee Later he became a University lecturer in the United States on Middle East issues He died in 1994 References edit Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die a b The Irgun In Exile etzel org Archived from the original on 2019 02 08 Retrieved 2008 02 21 External links editShmuel Merlin on the Knesset website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shmuel Merlin amp oldid 1184436064, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
