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EVA DUCAS 1912-1948

Born to 'a good' Jewish Family in Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, Eva Ducas fled the Nazi invasion with husband and child. They lived in Turkey for several years before arriving in Palestine. Eva didn't speak Hebrew and was unable to find work. She is alledged to have become an informer for the British CID.^[1]

According to The Scotsman on Sunday 29th March 1948 she was 'kidnapped from one of the main cafes of Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter' and her body found on a patch of waste ground, shot through the head. Their correspondent reported that the Stern Gang had announced that they had killed her, accusing her of spying for the British.^[2]^[3]

^ Harry Levin, 'Jerusalem Embattled', Cassel, London, 1997. ISBN 0 304 33765, tect copyright 1950, p.191
^ Eric Downton,The Scotsman, Monday 30th March, 1948
^ Levin's diary p.191, 21st May, refers to seeing old posters in Jerusalem announcing her execution, these he attributes to Etzel, (Irgun).

[1] Harry Levin, 'Jerusalem Embattled', Cassel, London, 1997. ISBN 0 304 33765, tect copyright 1950, p.191

[2] Eric Downton,The Scotsman, Monday 30th March, 1948

[3] Levin's diary p.191, 21st May, refers to seeing old posters in Jerusalem announcing her execution, these he attributes to Etzel, (Irgun).

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