Photograph - Shlomo Ben-Yosef in Court, 1938 - First of Olei Hagardom

Photograph - Shlomo Ben-Yosef in Court, 1938 - First of Olei Hagardom
Photograph of Betar member Shlomo Ben-Yosef in court. Photo Brenner, Haifa, 1938.
Ben-Yosef is seen with the two other accused Betar members, Avraham Shein and Shalom Zurabin, during their trial.
The three Betar activists, stood trial after throwing a grenade into a bus as a retaliation attack for murder of Jews during the Great Arab Revolt. The grenade did not explode, however according to British emergency regulations, Ben-Yosef was sentenced to death and executed. Ben-Yosef (1913-1938) was the first of twelve "Olei HaGardom" during the British Mandate.
The photograph is titled in the plate: "Military court in Haifa". Ben-Yosef is marked on the photograph. On the back appears an ink stamp: "Photo Brenner, Haifa".
8.5X6 cm. Good condition. Some stains.