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Address:

Hovevei Tsiyon St 18, Jerusalem, Israel

Category:

Monuments and History

City:

Jerusalem

Country:

Israel

Shape:

Other

Material:

Metal

Placement:

Wall or fence

Map Route Route No loc. Around me

On the sign:

סמל המועצה לשימור אתרי מורשת בישראל
סמל העיר ירושלים
סמל משרד התרבות והספורט

בבניין זה התגורר בין השנים 1939-1937 קפטן אורד צ’רלס וינגייט, שנשלח לארץ ישראל כקצין מודיעין בריטי.
אורד צ’רלס וינגייט יזם, ארגן ואימן יחידה מעורבת של חיילים בריטים ונוטרים יהודיים - "פלגות הלילה המיוחדות" ((S.N.S - למלחמה בכנופיות הערביות שפעלו בארץ בשנים 1939-1936. במרץ 1944 נהרג וינגייט בתאונת מטוס בגבול בורמה/הודו.
על זיקתו העזה לציונות זכה לכינוי "הידיד".

Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel
The emblem of the city of Jerusalem
Symbol of the Ministry of Culture and Sports

During the years 1937-1939, Captain Orde Charles Wingate lived in this building. Captain Wingate had been sent here as a British intelligence officer.
Orde Wingate initiated, organized and trained a mixed unit of British soldiers and Jewish policemen - the "Special Night Squads" (SNS) to combat the Arab insurgents during the Arab Revolt of 1936-1939. For his affiliation with Zionism, he was known by the nickname "The Friend".
Wingate was killed in a plane crash in Burma/India border in March, 1944.

Photography:

2022
Eli Zvuluny

Comments:

The sign shape is rectangular but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel

The building was photographed that day

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The same building was also inhabited by the writer Haim Hazaz as it appears on the sign next to this sign