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A thwarted plan

How an ardent Zionist, a business mogul and a president all came together in a story of truth and propaganda while millions of Jews faced death.

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During the tumultuous years of the battle for statehood, economist, publisher, arms purchaser and political negotiator Dr. Alex Raphaeli (a.k.a. Hadani), undertook a little-known mission to establish an offshore radio station to broadcast the plight of the Jews into Nazi Europe.

It all started in late 1937, when Raphaeli volunteered for a full-time position with the Irgun Zva’i Leumi. For the next two years, he was engaged in underground work in Europe organizing the Jews for immigration. He ended up in charge of the Irgun’s western office in Paris.

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