The organizational culture of government ministries and security bodies that were involved in crafting Israel’s foreign policy was lacking for many years.
Ruti Abramovitch, the state archivist, threatened other archives in a letter, writing that 'any archives holding a document defined as classified may be subject to severe penalties'
On February 1, 1933, the day after the Nazis seized power, Herlitz directed a request to the executive branch of the Zionist organization to move the archives to Palestine.
Henry Ford’s role in the Nazi machine was not mentioned.
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