FROM THE ISRAELI PRESS
ZIONIST DATELINE
April 1933 (70 years ago) - Youth Aliyah was founded
Youth Aliyah was established by the Jewish Agency to rescue children from Nazi Germany. In the 70 years of its existence it has cared for and educated over 300,000 youngsters - immigrant youngsters as well youngsters from deprived homes. In the early years, students were predominantly Holocaust survivors, later, from North Africa and the Middle East, and most recently, from the FSU and Ethiopia.
April 11, 1961 (42years ago) - The trial of Adolph Eichmann began in Jerusalem
Eichmann, a native of Germany, moved with his family to Austria in his youth and became a member of the Nazi party, and later of the SS. He was one of the senior members of the Gestapo - the Nazi regime's secret police - and served as the head of the Office for Jewish Immigration, which was responsible for the "final solution" of the "Jewish problem." Eichmann was responsible for the systematic slaughter of six million Jews in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe, primarily in concentration camps and death camps. After the end of the war in 1945, Eichmann escaped from Germany and eventually found refuge in Argentina. In 1960, the Mossad, under the leadership of Isser Harel, captured Eichmann, and brought him to trial in Israel, where, in 1961, he stood trial before an Israeli court
April 1992 (11 years ago) - The government of Russia officially recognized the World Zionist Organization
The WZO was initially granted permission to operate within Russia. Later, Zionist emissaries were also permitted to operate in other republics in the former Soviet Union.
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