 Cover of the Hebrew edition | |
| Author | Tuvia Friling |
|---|---|
| Original title | Hets Baarafel: David Ben-Guryon, Hanhagat Ha-yishuv Venisyonot Hatsalah Ba-Shoah |
| Translator | Ora Cummings |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yishuv |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | Israel |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 684 |
| ISBN | 978-0299175504 |
Arrows in the Dark: David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv Leadership and Rescue Attempts during the Holocaust (Hebrew: חץ בערפל: בן-גוריון, הנהגת היישוב וניסיונות הצלה בשואה) is a book by Israeli historian Tuvia Friling dealing with the attitude toward the Holocaust of the leadership of the Yishuv, the Jewish community in Palestine that existed before the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948. The book examines the leadership's attempts to rescue European Jews who were under threat, and the controversy that surrounds those efforts. The Hebrew edition of the book was published in 1998 and the English version in 2005.