Acre Jail Breakout

The scene of an escape at Acre jail, Palestine, where 250 convicts escaped through a window after the bars were blasted out by a Jewish terrorist group, 9th May 1947. Dov Bernard Cohen, said to have led the raid, was found dead near the prison shortly afterwards. He had been dressed in the uniform of a Captain of the British Royal Engineers regiment. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The scene of an escape at Acre jail, Palestine, where 250 convicts escaped through a window after the bars were blasted out by a Jewish terrorist group, 9th May 1947. Dov Bernard Cohen, said to have led the raid, was found dead near the prison shortly afterwards. He had been dressed in the uniform of a Captain of the British Royal Engineers regiment. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Acre Jail Breakout
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Credit:
Keystone / Stringer
Editorial #:
50898439
Collection:
Hulton Archive
Date created:
09 May, 1947
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Source:
Hulton Archive
Object name:
J72685601
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3974 x 4152 px (33.65 x 35.15 cm) - 300 dpi - 9 MB