Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine

Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine
Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine in Italy, October 1944. From left to right - Zadok Doron, Aba Berdichev and Chaim Ya'ari
Active1943–1945
CountryMandatory Palestine
AllegianceUnited Kingdom British Army
TypeParachutists
RoleSpecial operations
Size250 volunteers
EngagementsWorld War II
Hannah Szenes in a Hungarian army uniform as a Purim costume
Postal stamp commemorating Jewish parachutists
Postal stamp commemorating Jewish parachutists

The Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine were a group of 250 Jewish men and women from Mandate Palestine who volunteered for operations run by British organisations MI9 and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) which involved parachuting into German-occupied Europe between 1943 and 1945. Their mission was to organize resistance to the Germans, aid in the rescue of Allied personnel and carry out assignments set by the Jewish Agency of Palestine.[1]

  1. ^ Baumel-Schwartz, Judith Tydor (2010-06-15). Perfect Heroes: The World War II Parachutists and the Making of Israeli Collective Memory. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9780299234836.