From Germany to Israel in pictures – part 3

Dr. Rudy Goldstein's photo album takes us on a tour of northern Israel in 1930s

Previous chapters:

• From Germany to Israel in pictures – part 1
• From Germany to Israel in pictures – part 2

1-2. The village of Menahemia, April 1936

 

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3. Dalhamiyya valley train near Ashdot Yaakov, 1936

 

4. Kibbutz Kfar Hahoresh, May 1936. The residents settled in the Nazareth mountains in 1933. After the War of Independence, the group which founded the community was replaced

 

5. Photo caption reads 'Shata' (referring to the first houses of Kibbutz Beit Hashita, which were built near the village of Shata)

 

6. In Afula, June 14, 1936. Scottish soldiers prepare to escort a convoy to Jerusalem during the Arab uprising. In order to reach Jerusalem from the north, they traveled on the Afula-Jenin-Nablus-Ramallah-Jerusalem road

  

7. The convoy en route to Jerusalem

 

8. Jerusalem, a British armored vehicle on Jaffa Street. The photo caption reads R.A.F, the building on the right is a hotel

  

9. Arab soldiers on a combat vehicle. The photo caption reads T.J.F.F.

 

10. Jerusalem, August 28, 1936, girls' high school. Rudy (R) with a friend

 

11. November 14, 1936, near Kibbutz Gesher in the Jordan Valley

 

12. The main building of the Afula hospital, 1937 (family members could seen their newborns from the window on the right

 

13. The hospital's dining hall

 

14-15. Afula hospital buildings on the backdrop of Givat Hamore, 1937

 

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16. Afula hospital, 1937

 

17. A guard post in the hospital yard

 

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