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Sign: Tel Aviv - A sign indicating where the "Red House" - Haganah headquarters stood


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HaYarkon St 115, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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On the sign:
באתר זה עמד ’’הבית האדום’’ אשר שימש מעון למטכ"ל ה"הגנה"

ומקום מושבו של דוד בן-גוריון מפרוץ מלחמת העצמאות בשלהי 1947 ועד אחרי הכרזת העצמאות.

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On this site stood the famous "Red_House".
From the outbreak of the War of Independence, at the end of 1947. the "Red House" was the Headquarters of David Ben Gurion and the General Staff of the "Haganah", the Israeli army-to-be, until after the Declaration of Independence.
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The house located where the "Sheraton" hotel stands today was built in 1926 and was designed by Dov Hershkowitz.
The house is called red because of the color of its walls, and was used by laborers from the labor battalion.
The "Haganah" used the house for Aliyah Bet (Ha’apala) operations, and in 1947 the Haganah headquarters moved to it, until the beginning of the War of Independence when, in light of the shelling, the headquarters moved to the "Hachlama" convalescent home in Ramat Gan Click for sign's details

The place where the sign is located (the entrance to the "Sheraton" hotel) was photographed two days later by Gil Ovadia Click for a larger image

The Sheraton Hotel, standing where the "Red House" was, was photographed two days later by Gil Ovadia Click for a larger image

Another sign located near the current sign also indicates the "Red House" Click for sign's details

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