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Menorah Fund, British gift to Israel: Correspondence regarding WSC subscribing to the fund to gift a large Menorah to the Israel Knesset (Parliament), 22 Feb-6 Mar 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/69/47-52

Scope and Contents

Correspondents are Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], WSC, and members of the Menorah Fund Committee (Secretary Gilbert McAllister, Chairman Clement Davies, Walter Elliot and W Glenvil Hall).

The Menorah was sculpted by Benno Elkan and was on display at the Tate gallery before being presented to the Israel Knesset on 16 Apr 1956 (Israel's Independence Day).

Dates

  • Creation: 22 Feb-6 Mar 1956

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Extent

6 item(s)

External Documents

Custodial History

On cataloguing these items were attached to a piece of paper annotated "2/341" [CHUR 2/341].

Related Materials

Related to the Churchill Papers [from CHUR 2/341]. Particularly related to CHUR 2/341/185-188, a photograph of the menorah, a press release and a booklet about the gift, 1954-c.1956.

Bibliography

The note from Anthony Montague Browne to WSC (folio 48, 4 Mar 1956) is published in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 23 'Never Flinch, Never Weary, November 1951 to February 1965' by Martin Gilbert and Larry P Arnn, p.2088 and in 'Churchill and the Jews' by Martin Gilbert (Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 2007), p.294.

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Repository Details

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