supports Britain during the War 83
Ben-Josef, Shlomo 55
Bentwich, Norman 49–50
Berman, Yitzhak 159, 253
Bet-Zuri, Eliyahu 225
Betar 34, 50, 53–5
Bialik, Hayim Nahman, ‘In the City of Slaughter’ 45
Black, Ian 246–7, 248, 257
Black Sunday (1937) 35
Black Watch 16
Borochov, Dov Ber 59
Borochov, Shoshana 59–60, 224
Bourdillon, Bernard 215
Bourdillon, Joy 215
Bourne, Jack 29–30
Brenner, Yosef 179
British Army 84, 134
British White Paper (1939) 62–3, 64, 83, 113
Brooke-Popham, Sir Robert 13–14
Brosh, Nehemia 157
Brument, Arthur 31
Burstein, Roni see Stern, Roni Burstein
Cafferata, Raymond 116, 118
Cairns, Ralph 127, 134, 210
brutal treatment of prisoners 74–5
death of 77–8, 87
Catling, Dick
awarded police medal 182
background 58
comment on possible German agents 190–1
death of 257
informs Gile Bey of police actions against Stern gang 161
interrogates member of the Stern group 195
joins PPF 58–9
treatment of prisoners 76
waves Morton and his wife goodbye 210
Chamberlain, Neville 62, 83
Churchill, Winston 84
Clarke, Sergeant ‘Nobby’ 20
Clarke, Michael 72
Cohen, Yehoshua 136, 139, 196, 197, 223
Colonial Office 8, 10, 27, 200, 214, 227
Cranborne, Viscount 201
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) 5
discussion of police killings 143
find buried bomb 139
hunt for Stern and his gang 104–6, 116–19, 122, 126–7, 143–4, 153–4, 157, 158, 167–74, 197–9
important role of 61
interest in the Irgun 57
Jewish agents in 229
members of 58
new offices of 132
proposed attacks on 71
raid on home of Itamar Ben Haroch 116
Stern group’s threats against 126–7
surrender of members of the Stern Gang 158–60
transformed into efficient service 16
Curzon, George Nathaniel 7 and note
Daly, Arthur 6, 165–8, 172–3, 182, 234
Day, Daniel ‘Happy’ 146, 182, 254
Dekel, Efrem 141
Di Tat newspaper 52, 64
Dichter, Ze’ev 138–9
Dizengoff Street 133–4, 135, 144–53, 158, 159, 161, 165, 170, 186, 210, 254
Driberg, Tom see Hickey, William
Eden, Eden 189
Efron, Binyamin 44
Egypt 5, 10, 27, 62, 229
Eilender, Dr Kasriel 115
El Alamein 205, 211, 215
Elazar ben Yair 48, 69
Elazar, Julie 133
Eldad, Israel 120, 217, 219
Esperance Bay (ship) 27
Ewer, H.E. 219, 221
Farmers Association 70
Federman, Matitiahu 126
Fforde, John 236, 257
Final Solution 114
First World War 11, 22, 23, 33, 41, 138
Florentin, David 131
France, French 110–11
Franco, General 48, 73
Frank, Gerold 232–3, 236
Garibaldi, Giuseppe 48
Gaucher, Roland 233
General Strike (1926) 24–6
Gepner, Binyamin 236–7, 251–2
Germans, Germany 110–16, 119, 190–1
Giladi, Eliyahu 99, 216
Giles, Arthur ‘Giles Bey’
accompany the Mortons to Cairo 210–11
attempts to organize cease fire with Stern Group 204
background 58
character and description 60
cultivates relationships with everyone 60
informed of Dizengoff Street raid 153
informed of surrender of Stern Gang members 160
mentions reliable insider source of information 118
notes the Wilkin-Soffer rivalry 102
receives weekly intelligence reports 70
relationship with Raziel 60, 61–2, 64
rounds up members of the stern group 105–6
witnesses treatment of prisoners by PPF 75
Goldman, Max 99, 100–1
Goldman, Nahum 138–9, 141, 193, 254
Golomb, Eliyahu 105, 157
Gordon (Jewish officer in PPF) 76–7
Great Depression (1929) 27
Green, R.D. 219, 221
Grün, Avigdor 31–2
Guardian newspaper 246, 257
The Gun (Raziel & Stern) 37
Gurion, David ben 48
Haaretz newspaper 70
HaBoker newspaper 157, 179
Haganah 157
acquisition of weapons 85, 205–7
agents in the CID 157
arrest and imprisonment of members 84
battles with the Arabs 229
believe Irgun to be usurpers 107
bombing campaign 62–3
as defensive organization 48
disapproves of Moyne killing 225
establishment of 33
and the Givat Brenner sting 206–8
impressed by Tom Wilkin 60
interrogate Nikolaievski on bomb-making 196–7
and the Irgun 34, 107–8
links to political bodies 152
as part of the United Resistance Movement 226
plants bomb on the Patria 189
Stern as member of 46–7
Haifa
Arab deportations from 15, 19
arrival of MacMichael 7, 8, 17–18
bombing in 55–6, 62–3
Irgun attacks in 68
Italian air raids on 97
Mandate’s immigration office blown up 115
pipeline blown up 12
propaganda leaflest posted in 219
unrest in 19–20, 28–31, 35–6
Hakim, Elihayu 225
Hancock, Else Schweikher ‘Peta’ 253
Hancock, Stanley Neville 231, 252, 253
Haroch, Itamar Ben 116
Harrington, Laurence 201–2, 210
Hebrew Gymnasium (Jerusalem) 45
Hebrew University (Jerusalem) 46, 49
Hebron 46
Hentig, Werner Otto von 111–12
Hickey, William (aka Tom Driberg) 12–13
Hitler, Adolf 11, 83, 91, 205, 218
HMS Endurance 7, 8
HMS Enterprise 18
Hocking, Leslie 23
Horne, Edward 76
Hulancki, Witold 52
Hutchens, Sergeant Kenneth 207–8
Ilin, Efraim
gives regular parties 57–8
install’s Zeroni in his sister’s flat 76
meets with Soffer 103
as smuggler and Irgun sympathiser 57
Iraq 9, 28, 62
Iraq Petroleum Company 28
Ireland, Irish 73, 74
Irgun Zvai Leumi B’Ysrael (National Military Organization in Israel) 93
Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization) 55, 257
acquisition of weapons 85
appoints Strelitz as commander-in-chief 65–6
attacks on Arabs and British targets 65–78, 229
carries out tit-for-tat reprisals 34–5
disagreements with Raziel 87
formation of 34
hatred of the British 72–3
joins forces with Lehi 220–1
leadership arrested and imprisoned 78, 86–91
organizes Haifa bombing 36–7
as part of the United Resistance Movement 226
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sp; and possible Italian negotiations 108
and possible return of Stern group 123
presence in Haifa 36
reaction to Stern’s death 187
as separate from Stern’s group 143–4
Stern and Raziel’s animosity towards each other 91–3
Stern’s work for 39, 49, 50–1, 52–3
Israel, State of 227, 229
Israel State Radio 239
Israeli Defence Forces 256
Italy, Italians 97–8, 106, 107–10, 119
Jabotinsky, Eri 89
Jabotinsky, Ze’ev
as admirer of the British Empire 51
beliefs 33
character and description 32, 51
converts to Zionism 32–3
death of 93
family background 32–3
pledges support for Britain during the War 83
relationship with Stern 53–4, 56, 64
as Revisionist 48
and Stern-Raziel animosity 91–2
as supreme commander of the Irgun 34, 50
Jerozolima Wyzwolona newspaper 52
Jerusalem
Allenby’s entrance into 10
anti-Jewish riots in 11
attacks on British targets 71–4, 210, 220
bombing of Rex cinema 68, 71
Irgun attacks in 68
kibbutz killings 35
MacMichael’s arrival in 7–8, 12, 16–17
reaction to 1939 White Paper 64
religious rivalries and sensitivities in 15, 19
Jewish Agency 3, 32, 33, 60, 61, 64, 71, 77, 84, 133, 229
Jewish Legion 33, 138
Jewish Supernumerary Police 85
Jonathan Cape (publisher) 233, 236
Kalai, Hanoch see Strelitz, Hanoch
Kaplan, Shmuel 99, 100, 104
Katyn Forest 119
Keith-Roach, Edward 98
Khartoum 14
Kishinev 33, 46, 137
Kleif, Meir 44–5
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Sir Hughe 189
Kokhba, Simon bar 48
Kopstein, Zvi 125
Labour party (Mapai) 33, 70, 133
Langsfelder, Nelly 96, 133
Lawson, Mr Justice 234
League of Nations 10
Lebanon 91
Lehi (Lohamei Herut Israel or Freedom Fighters of Israel) 257
battles with the Arabs 229
disbandment of 227
failed attempt to assassinate Geoffrey Morton 226–7
joined by escapees from Latroun detention camp 217
and killing of Lord Moyne 225
as part of the United Resistance Movement 226
propaganda distributed by 217–18, 219
set-up by Shamir 216–17
violence unleashed by 219–24
Levstein, Yaacov ‘Yashke’
arrested and imprisoned 86–7
asked to identify Stern’s body 179
at meeting to plan CID assassinations 134, 135–7
in charge of Lubentchik’s arrangements 110–11
comment on Raziel’s release 88
comment on the Stern group’s priorities to raise funds and liquidate CID 126
comment on Strelitz’s perceived treachery 122–3
hunts for Rothstein 109
involved in attacks on British targets 71–2, 77–8
involved in bank raids 97, 99–100
learns how to handle explosives 68
learns of Zeroni’s treatment by the PPF 74, 76
loyalty to Stern 61
organizes bombing of Rex cinema 68
passes notes to his mother via Constable Daly 166–7, 168
in prison 194
receives hospital visit from his mother 172–3
remembers Stern on passing-ut parades 54
respectful of his enemy 127
shot and arrested in Dizengoff Street raid 6, 148, 150–1, 164, 172
Levy, Eliahu 196, 197
Lokshin, Shimon 197
London County Council (LCC) 21
Lubentchik, Naftali 110, 110–13, 116
Luke, Sir Stephen 181, 227
Lydda (now Lod) District 79–80, 85, 201, 210
Lyttleton, Oliver 134
Maariv newspaper 254
McConnel, Major-General Douglas 181
McConnell, Michael ‘Mac’ 193
MacDonald, Malcolm 63, 64, 83
MacMichael, Araminta 8
MacMichael, Sir Harold
accepts post of High Commissioner in Palestine 7, 10
arrival in Palestine 7–8, 12, 16–17
believes situation in Palestine to be ‘generally quiet’ 64
and bomb attacks in Jerusalem 72
character and description 7, 14
dislikes private armies on his patch 84
influence of CID on 61
on Lehi hit list 218–19, 227
narrowly misses being killed in ambush 223
opposed to Jewish refugees in Palestine 84–5
orders report on Jewish underground 152
seeks counsel of Brooke-Popham 13–14
sends final pessimistic report to London 222–3
settles for policy of appeasement 201
upholds British stance against Jewish immigration 188–91
MacMichael, Lady Nesta 8
MacMichael, Sophia 7
MacMillan, Harold 191
Macpherson, John Stuart 96–7, 179
Magnes, Judah Leon 49, 187
Manchester Guardian 64
Mapai (Workers Party of the Land of Israel) see Labour Party
Marwitz, Ralf von der 112
Masada 48
Medler, Walter 29–31, 35, 36, 65, 164
Mehmed V, Sultan 10
Menachem, Arieh 118–19, 129
Meridor, Yaacov 123, 170
Meshi (Irgun intelligence service) 61
Midgley, Mr 23
Milmo, Helenus 230, 231
Moisevitz, Baruch 160
Moldovan, Elihahu 129
Moldovsky, Moshe 67, 99
Morton, Alice Fowler 4, 79–81, 172, 188, 194–5, 210–11, 214
Morton, Geoffrey
and the Anglo-Palestine Bank robbery 101–2
awarded the King’s Police Medal 181–2
belief in the law 85, 86, 253
blames Irgun and Stern for Haifa bombings 36–7
character and description 4–5, 19, 21, 24, 163, 237, 253–4
deals with aftermath of Italian bombing in Tel Aviv 97–8
and death of his friend Wally Medler 30–1, 35–6
death of 257
and death of Stern 6, 177–9, 228, 230–7, 243–9, 251–3, 255–6
disapproves of Harrington memorandum 201–3
events leading up to Stern’s death 163–4, 165–74
family background and education 21–4, 40
forced to take out libel actions against various publishers and authors 230–1, 232–7, 255
and the Givat Brenner sting 206–8
given charge of CID in Lydda District 79, 82
given new posting in Jerusalem 214–15
gives despairing lectures to Flying Squad 221–2
guarded by the ‘three Alecs’ 188
impressed by his deputy and second in command 82–3
involved in Arab revolution 19–21, 28–31, 35, 79
involved in shooting and arrests in Dizengoff Street 5, 144–53
joins Palestine Police Force 27–8
learn’s of Stamp’s version of Stern’s death 246, 247–9
long and happy marriage to Alice Fowler 79–81
reaction to surrender of Stern Gang members 160
recovers weapons from Irgun and Haganah 85
sends letter to Stanley concerning his departure from Palestine 213–14
sent home on leave in UK 208–11
settles back in the UK 228, 256
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p; as special policeman in General Strike 24–7
survives assassination attempts 126–41, 194–200, 226–7
transferred to Nyasaland 227–8, 256
transferred to Trinidad 222, 223
turns down captaincy in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 81–2
writes his autobiography 231–4
Morton, Geoffrey Jr 228
Morton, Marion 80
Morton, Penny 228, 256, 257
Morton, Sarah 21, 22
Morton, William Jackson 21–2
Moyne, Lord 85, 189, 190, 225, 233
Mussolini, Benito 3, 48, 73, 107
Myers, L.W. 24
Naif, Prince 16
Nazis 84, 86, 90, 110, 112, 120, 121, 124, 191
Nemdar, Asher 71
New York World Telegram 73
New Zionist Organization 50, 83
Nikolaievski, Yosef 196–7
Nimrodi, Mazlia 68
Nyasaland 227–8, 256
Operation Edelweiss (1942) 205, 215
Orenstein, Yaacov 114
Ormsby-Gore, Sir William 8, 10, 14–15
Ottoman Empire 8, 10, 27
Palestine
bombs and massacres in 46, 62–3
British Mandate in 10, 19, 45, 60–1, 63, 70, 74, 78, 228–9
British need for Jewish support during the War 205–10
British paternalism towards the Arabs in 13–14
continued British stance against Jewish immigration 188–91
failure of London talks 62–3
as home for Jewish people 8–10, 85
illegal immigration of Jews to 60–1, 84–5
implications of and reactions to 1939 White Paper 63–6
Irgun activities in 67–78
martial law imposed 15
police role in 15–17
private Jewish armies in 85–6
renewed violence in 218–24
riots and rebellions 11–12, 15, 19–20, 28–31, 55–6, 62
suggested partition of 12
UN proposal for partition into Jewish and Arab states 229
Zionist colonisation of 12–13
Palestine Orchestra 81
Palestine Police Force (PPF) 4
bombing operations against members of 192–201
deaths of officers in 28–31, 139–41, 143, 144, 219, 223–4, 225
description of 27–8
and dissident Jews 35–7
and Dizengoff Street shootings and arrests 5–6, 144–53
hunt for Stern and his gang 104–6, 116–19, 122, 126–7, 143–4, 153–4, 158
Jewish members of 70–1
media denunciation of Stern, Zak and Amper’s deaths 186–7
origins and development 15
recruits to 21, 253
strategy for dealing with Arab revolt 15–16
treatment of prisoners 74–6
and Yael Street bombing 139–41, 143, 144
Palestine Police Old Comrades Association 236, 237, 257
Palestine Post 16, 18, 30, 35, 64, 77, 140, 156, 182
Palmach 152, 226, 229
Parkinson, Sir Cosmo 200