last thursday morning (26th november), 8.50-9.00am, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710 or 107)
britain’s palestine patrols (presented by mike lanchin) (in the witness series) …
“In the 1940s
the Royal Navy intercepted dozens of Jewish refugee ships trying to reach British-controlled Palestine. It was part of
British government policy to limit Jewish immigration to Palestine.
Witness hears from Lieutenant-Commander
Alan Tyler, 91, then a Jewish officer onboard
HMS Chevron, patrolling the Mediterranean sea.”
(see also http://reminiscences.uk/2015/09/10/alan-tyler/) (more…)
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