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Sign: Petah Tikva - Memorial to the Undergrounds - The home of Benjamin Kaplan


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Degel Re’uven St 20, Petah Tikva, Israel
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On the sign:
יד למחתרות
סמל העיר פתח תקווה
סמל ברית חיילי האצ"ל פ"ת

במקום זה גר בנימין קפלן
לוחם נועז של האצ"ל.
נתפס ע"י הבריטים.
השתחרר ממאסר עולם.
ברח בפריצה לכלא עכו.
נפל בקרב לשחרור רמלה.
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Comments:
One of a series of signs commemorating the underground operations in Petah Tikva before the establishment of the state of Israel.

The place where the house was located was photographed that day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
Memorial to the Undergrounds
The emblem of the city of Petah Tikva
Symbol of the Irgun Soldiers Alliance - Petah Tikva

This is where Benjamin Kaplan lives
A daring Irgun fighter.
Captured by the British.
Released from life imprisonment.
He escaped in a break-in at the Acre prison.
Fell in battle for the liberation of Ramla.



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