FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL: INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL ASPECTS OF CZECHOSLOVAK HELP TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN 1947–1949
Abstract
The paper introduces the reader to basic legal aspects of Czechoslovak help to the State of Israel in 1947–1949. During this time, Czechoslovakia exported arms, ammunition, fighter planes and other war material to the Jewish community in the Middle East. There was also a significant number of volunteers, who underwent various training courses in Czechoslovakia. These courses included training of pilots, aviation mechanics, paratroopers etc. All these operations had their legal merits and aspects. The paper analysis these aspects in general. The sources used in the paper are legal and archival documents and interviews, along with secondary sources and literature, both memoirs and historiographic.
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