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A. Egyptian base Rudy served in
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From Germany to Israel in pictures – part 4

In 1942, Dr. Rudy Goldstein joined British army and served in Egypt and Libya. His photo album provides a peek into his service in area, places where large Jewish communities lived

Reuters | Published:  10.01.10, 15:49

1. Team of doctors who worked with Rudy at the Afula hospital. In the center, pediatrician Dr. Hannah (Weinberg) Heruti, a member of Kibbutz Merhavia who died at an early age following a sickness

 

2. Ein Hakore-Shaar Hagolan, August 1939. Rudy with a friend

 

3. Ein Hakore-Shaar Hagolan, end of August 1939

 

4. In 1942, Rudy joined the British army as a doctor and was first sent to Egypt. The picture was taken in Cairo in 1942

 

5-9. Series of postcard collected by Dr. Rudy for his album from the Tunisian city of Gabes in Tunisia, a coastal town with a Jewish community since the 9th century

 

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10-11. Two postcards from the city of Djerba/Medenine in Tunisia, which had a Jewish community established many generations ago

 

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12. Postcard from the city of El Hamma in Tunisia

 

13. Postcard from island of Djerba in Tunisia

 

14. Building in Tripoli, Libya, March 1943

 

15. Unidentified impressive building

 

16. Church in Tobruk, Libya, bearing the results of the war, January 1943

 

17. Market in Tobruk, Libya 1943

 

18. Synagogue in Libya (city unidentified)

 

19. Group of local Jews in Libya. Postcard caption reads "Ben-Gardane 1943"

 

From Germany to Israel in pictures – previous chapters: Part 1, part 2, part 3

 

  • For all trips to the past – click here

 

 

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