History of the Tomb

VIDEO: Hebron in 1934

The Tomb of Machpela, the Pool of Solomon and yeshiva students putting stones of the grave of the 1929 massacre victims are featured.

Ideal Travel Talks – Palestine 1934
A tour of key sites in the land of Israel in 1934.
Courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives.
 
Captions read:
“On the way to Hebron we pass the pool of Solomon.”
“Hebron, ancient city of the Patriarchs.”
“Under this mosque is the historic cave of Machpelah — burial ground of the Patriarchs.”
“In the Arab uprising of 1929, 59 students of the Hebron Yeshivah were brutally murdered.”
“They are buried in this communal grave.”
 
 
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