A rare photograph of the member Etzel organization- Esther Raziel Naor during her imprisonment in the women's ...

A rare photograph of the member Etzel organization- Esther Raziel Naor during her imprisonment in the women's prison in Bethlehem 1944 / Additional photos of Naor

A rare photograph of Esther Raziel Naor during her imprisonment by the British in the women's prison in Bethlehem. On the back of the photo is Naor's name in English, her prisoner's number, and dated March 8, 1944.

Esther Raziel-Naor (1911-2002): Member of the Irgun and sister of Irgun commander David Raziel, and later member of the Knesset on behalf of the Herut movement. She was born in the town of Smorgon in the Vilna area. In 1914 she immigrated with her parents and brother to Eretz Israel. She graduated from the Levinsky Teachers' Seminary in Tel Aviv and moved to Jerusalem in 1935, where she taught at a school in the Talpiot neighborhood. In 1932, she joined Betar and organized the "National Cells." In addition to her work in the Irgun and Beitar, she continued to engage in teaching.

In 1936, with the outbreak of the Great Arab Revolt, she joined the Irgun in the wake of her brother David Raziel. In August 1936 Raziel-Naor took part in a reprisal for the first time. The operation included firing shots and throwing grenades at a passing train.  Three years later, in 1939, she became the first radio announcer of the Etzel radio station, Kol Zion halochemet, as well as a reporter for the newspaper HaMashkif, and after its closure, in the Herut movement's journal. In 1943 she joined the Irgun.

On March 4, 1944, a radio transmitter was brought to his parents' home for one night. That night the British police searched the house, confiscated the transmitter and arrested Raziel-Naor and her husband, Yehuda Naor. Raziel-Naor was brought to the women's prison in Bethlehem when she was pregnant. On August 18, 1944, after seven months of detention, she was released and soon gave birth to her daughter. Raziel-Naor was sentenced to house arrest, and she was taken for interrogation frequently.

After the establishment of the State of Israel, Naor joined the Herut movement and was elected on its behalf to the Knesset, from the first to the seventh. During the 25 years of her service in the Knesset, she served as chairperson of the faction and was a member of the Education and Culture Committee.

A double photograph in which Naor looks directly at the camera and her personal number, and Naor on the profile. Attached are two other photographs of Naor, one as a young woman, and the other at the end of her life with her family.

9x6 cm. Very fine condition.