Zvi Dror (alt. Zvika Dror) (; born September 1, 1926) is an Israeli historian of Zionism and the creation of the state of

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. His books were published in

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. Dror was a member of Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot.

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describes Dror as the "author of one of the most important books ever written about Holocaust survivors in Israel", a four-volume work that chronicles the lives of the survivors who founded Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot. According to

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, who translates the title as "''Testimony pages''" the stories of the 96 founders recorded by Dror were "one of the first projects to coax the mute to speak" about the Holocaust. Many of the founders of Lohamei HaGeta'ot—whose stories Dror recorded—had participated in the

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. Dror has written on the founding of Kibbutz

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, as well as a biography of

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commander

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Books

*''Hativat Palmach - Harel bamaarakha al Yerushalayim'' 5708/1948 (English: ''Palmach Brigade in Jerusalem''), by Zvi Dror, Hakibbutz Hameuchad. *''Shutfut Bema'aseh Habria'' (English literal translation, "Participating in the Act of Creation") Hakibbutz Hame'uhad Publishing House.

References

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