A Very Short Note about Memory, Contradiction, and the Six Day War
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It is arguably the most famous photograph in Israel’s modern history. Taken in June 1967 (days after I was born), at the end of the Six Day War, the David Rubinger snap shows three paratroopers, rocked with emotion, as they stand before the newly liberated Western Wall. The identities of two of the three members of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade are undisputed. For years, however two different men have each claimed to be the soldier on the far left.
A Very Short Note about Memory, Contradiction, and the Six Day War
A Very Short Note about Memory…
A Very Short Note about Memory, Contradiction, and the Six Day War
It is arguably the most famous photograph in Israel’s modern history. Taken in June 1967 (days after I was born), at the end of the Six Day War, the David Rubinger snap shows three paratroopers, rocked with emotion, as they stand before the newly liberated Western Wall. The identities of two of the three members of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade are undisputed. For years, however two different men have each claimed to be the soldier on the far left.