THE LEHI, THE FIGHTERS FOR ISRAEL’S FREEDOM

Events that shaped the countries of the Mediterranean

An episode from the series ECHOES OF HISTORY

Synopsis

In the late 1940s, in the shadows of the creation of Israel, a clandestine militia sowed terror: the Lehi, or “Stern Group”. Founded by Avraham Stern, this radical movement waged a merciless war against the British presence in Palestine.

Determined to establish a Jewish state by force, Lehi multiplied its attacks and assassinations.

Long relegated to the margins of history, caught between oblivion and historical revisionism, this extremist organization is now seeing its memory rehabilitated.