Chuck Olin Digital Film Archive

First-hand Accounts from the Jewish Brigade

Meet the Jewish Brigade

Hear, in their own words, the soldiers' accounts. Where available, a link is provided to a short biography.

This digitized collection is only a small sample of the dozens of interviews available on VHS and beta in our archive. (See the full list in this PDF) We are seeking funding to further the digitization of the collection. If you have comments or questions, please contact us.

Click on any of the thumbnails to view the video (it will take you to the ContentDM website - hit your back button to return).

Jewish Brigade

Interview	Hanoch Bartov Bartov served as medic for the Brigade, and later wrote a fictionalized account of his story. Transcript His Biography

Johanan Peltz Though he had been shot in the leg before the war, Peltz rose to 2nd Lieutenant in the British Army during World War II. Transcript His Biography		Interview

Interview	Oly Givon He was chosen to go to the Palmach because he had been trained in the Haganah. In the Palmach he began as the first commander of the women’s group. Transcript (info taken from transcript)

Battle of Latrun

Shlomo Shamir

At 28 years old, Shamir commanded the Jewish Brigade.

Transcript (Part 1)
Transcript (Part 2)

His Biography

Interview Part I

Interview Part II

Interview

Haim Einav

Einav was part of the seventh brigade during the Battle at Latrun. He considers his biggest accomplishment during the war was going up to Hill 314 and saving most of the soldiers there.

Transcript

Yitzchak Moore

Moore worked in the British Army during World War II. In May, 1948 he joined the engineer corps of the newly formed Israeli army. A few days later he was ordered to join the seventh brigade to go to Latrun to try to open the road to Jerusalem.

Transcript (Part 1)
Transcript (Part 2)