Collection of ephemera that once belonged to Moshe Mariel (Mirinberg), one of the members of the Lehi (Stern Gang) imprisoned by the British authorities in internment camps in Africa. Gilgil internment camp (one item from the Asmara detention camp in Eritrea), 1947-48. Hebrew and some Yiddish.
Included among the items: • Two notebooks containing handwritten poems by the deportees, some of them worded in decidedly harsh language: "Dozens will the grenade tear apart, and the Katyusha will mow down the masses, and [only then] shall we be satisfied" (from "Song of Praise to the Lehi") • Letter sent by Moshe Mariel to his family after the establishment of the State of Israel: "We watched a newsreel showing the State of Israel at the time of the conquest of Akko, the battles in the Negev, the bombing of Tel Aviv, the election of Ben-Gurion as prime minister; I don't know of any living author who can express the feelings of the boys while watching the newsreel" (June 1948). • Two printed programs for plays performed at the "Bamateinu" ("Our Stage") theater in the Gilgil internment camp (1948). • Printed discharge form issued to Mariel upon his release, along with the last of the deportees, from the Gilgil camp on July 5, 1948 (marked with the inked stamp of the administration and dated "Eve of the liquidation of the deportee camp"). • In addition, letters sent to Mariel by members of his family and by acquaintances of his during his internment; original envelopes; a photograph of Etzel (Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi) and Lehi deportees at the Asmara detention camp (Eritrea), and more.

27 items. Size and condition vary.

Moshe Mariel (Mirinberg), born in 1926, joined the Etzel (Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi), and subsequently joined the Lehi (Stern Gang) after the latter broke off from the Etzel. Enlisted in the British army and served as a military driver. In the course of his service, he used his connections to smuggle firearms to the Jewish undergrounds. Following his discharge, he became a civilian driver in the service of the British army. Was accused by the British authorities of taking part in the Lehi's bombing of the Sarafand (today Tzrifin) Camp in which 40 British soldiers and officers were killed (December 1946), arrested shortly thereafter, and sent to the Latrun Station. From there he was sent to the Sambal camp near Asmara, Eritrea, and subsequently to the Gilgil camp in Kenya. With his return to what was now the newborn State of Israel in July, 1948, he enlisted in the IDF and fought in the War of Independence, serving in the 89th Battalion of the 8th Brigade. He was severely wounded in the fighting.