The Contribution of Deryneia to the escape of Jewish detainees from Cyprus in the years 1946 to 1949.
https://youtu.be/RqeKt1xm9Bc?si=iG2RqQxfCid-0kmP This speech was given at a ceremony organized by the Embassy of Israel in Cyprus, in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus to commemorate the closure of the Jewish Detention Camps in Cyprus on February 11, 1949. Your Excellencies, Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Your Excellency Mr Ambassador of Israel, Bishop of Mesaoria, Chief of the National Guard, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen! It is a great honor for me to be with you here today to speak about the escape of the Jews from Cyprus and the help provided by the locals in the years 1946 to 1949. My speech is based on my research that I started in February 2018 a few days after I attended the conference "Historical perspectives of Jewish presence in Cyprus" which was organized by the Embassy of Israel and the University of Cyprus. During that conference professor Yossi Ben Ar...