Studies in the History of Zionism

The Yishuv and the British War Effort 1939-45:
Appendices for Activities

by Nili Kadary

Appendix #1: David Ben Gurion Quotation

"We must support the British in their war as if there were no "White Paper", and we must fight the White Paper policy as if there were no war."

Appendix #1: Question Card

Appendix #2

Your advertising company has won the commission to promote service in the British Army in the Yishuv. Note that service is not compulsory.

• Who is your target population?
• What angles will appeal to them?

Appendix #3

Before you is the emblem of the Jewish Brigade.

• How many symbols does it contain?
• What is the significance of the form of the symbols - and especially their colors?

Appendix #4: For the Educator

Below is the list of 10 central photographs or elements we recommend using in the exhibition.

1. 1940 Street parade of new recruits, Tel Aviv.
2. 1942 Transport Corps troops lay a telephone line in the Western Desert.
3. 1942 Women from Eretz Yisrael serving in the British Army.
4. 1943 In the Hebrew School, Benghazi, Libya, built by soldiers from the Yishuv.
5. 1945 Students and teachers from the Jewish school in Florence, Italy, go on an outing accompanied by a soldier from Eretz Yisrael.
6. 1945 Soldiers from Eretz Yisrael with Jewish refugees in Yugoslavia.
7. 1945 Jewish Brigade soldier by the crematorium in Bergen Belsen.
8. 1945 Seminar organized by the Jewish Brigade on Chanukah, in Teplice, Czechoslovakia.
9. Palmach emblem. Palmach training.
10. The fallen Jewish paratroopers.

Appendix #4: To the Participant

The Yishuv supports the British war effort against Nazi Germany.

• What elements, feelings and events do you wish to convey in the exhibition?
• Give the exhibition a suitable title.
• The design:
  First, prepare an outline with the subtitles for each panel.
  Next, develop the textual additions.
  Finalize the visual elements [size, presentation]
.