
ISRAEL21c story helps put a face on a 1948 fallen soldier
A circle is closed as my mother visits the grave of her post-war pen pal, thanks to ISRAEL21c and devoted volunteers who pieced together his past.

A circle is closed as my mother visits the grave of her post-war pen pal, thanks to ISRAEL21c and devoted volunteers who pieced together his past.

As Israel celebrates 74 years of independence, we take a look at the bizarre debates, events and even architecture that marked its earliest days.

Henri Fernebock, killed in the 1948 War of Independence, lay in obscurity until his former teenage pen pal – my mother — rediscovered his name.