A. Arab market in Safed, 1935

B. Drawing from series of paintings by Etzel prisoner Leopold Pinhasovich

C. Safed prisoners in Kenya camp

D. Kibbutz Ein Harod's sheep pen

E. Garden near Haifa's Technion

F. Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Street

From the memoirs of the fighting Pearl family – part 3

Shmuel and Daniel Pearl were twin brothers, the sons of one of Safed's veteran families. In the 1930s they helped establish the Beitar youth movement and loved to photograph and document the country's landscapes. Third story in series

Nadav Man|Published: 09.07.08 , 07:40

Last week and two weeks ago we launched a four-part series of articles featuring the photos of the late Daniel and Shmuel Pealr.

Shmuel and Daniel were twin brothers, the sons of one of Safed's veteran families. In the 1930s, with the 1929 events in the city still fresh in their minds, they helped establish the Beitar youth movement.

They were united by their love for the Land of Israel and the feeling that what took place in 1929 must never repeat itself.

The Pearl brothers loved to take pictures, and today, when they are no longer with us, many photos have remained telling the history of the era and perpetuating the country's landscapes at the time.

The photos were given to us by their children: Atzmona Waxman Shabtai, Daniel's daughter, and Naftali Pearl, Shmuel's son.

1. Beitar commanders on the backdrop of the storehouse of Tuvia Unger's Moviloil company in Safed. The warehouse was located opposite the English hospital. The building was destroyed during the War of Independence.

2. Guards on a pickup truck in the police station, Safed 1937

3. Postcard: Entrance to Safed, 1919. On the right, the public garden's gate; on the left, the Rothschild Hospital's fence; straight ahead is the home of Yoel Barshad, which was also the location of "Hagalil" printing house and the Anglo-Palestine Bank.

4. Liba and Menachem Burstein, the parents of Shmuel's wife, Miriam Pearl

5. Miriam and Shmuel Pearl on the roof of a Herzliya hotel, 1946

6. Tobacco desiccation in Ein Zeitim, near Safed

7. Daniel Pearl was a prisoner of the mandatory government due to his activity against the British rule in the Land of Israel. He spent five years alternately in Mizra, Akko, Latrun, Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya. He took part in escape efforts, was released upon the State's establishment, and immediately joined the fighters. From his detention time in Eritrea: A drawing of the camp from a series of paintings by Etzel prisoner Leopold Pinhasovich

8. The prisoners in the Kenya detention camp built a large garden shaped as a Star of David. The earth for the garden was smuggled in the escape tunnels dug by the detainees under the camp

9. The Burstein family (parents of Miriam, Shmuel Pearl's wife). From the right: Tzipora, Menachem, Liba and Eliyahu

10. The Unger family (Miriam Pearl's maternal relatives), 1935. From the right: Shaibe, Yaakov, Mordechai, Itamar, Rachel and Rivka. An inscription on the back of the photo read: "In everlasting memory to the dear parents on the day our son Itamar travels to the Land of Israel. May we meet against in our country, face to face, 1935, Detroit, US."