Group photograph - Detention camp in Asmara, Eritrea [c-1945]

A large group photograph. A detention camp in Asmara, Eritrea [c - 1945].

The Photographed waving the flag of Israel and holding a sign: "The exiles of Zion in Asmara" and "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget." ("Returning to Israel was the main concern of the detainees from the day they set foot on African soil," writes Shulamit Eliash in the second chapter of her book about the Irgun and Lehi exiles), In the background are the camp's barracks. (For this rare photograph, see 'The book of detention and exile of the Irgun and Lehi exiles in Africa, 1980)

17x12 cm, very fine condition.