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Jewish refugee and alleged informer

Vera Ducas
Born1912
Austria-Hungary
Died29 March 1948(1948-03-29) (aged 35–36)
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Cause of deathGunshot wound
Known forAlleged informer for the British CID, killed by the Stern Gang

Vera Ducas (1912 – 29 March 1948) was born to a Jewish family in Austria-Hungary. She fled the 1939 Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia with her husband and child. They lived in Turkey for several years before arriving in Palestine. She didn't speak Hebrew and was unable to find work and is alleged to have become an informer for the British CID.

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. It was reported that the Stern Gang had announced that they had killed her, accusing her of spying for the British.

See also

References

  1. Harry Levin, 'Jerusalem Embattled', Cassel, London, 1997. ISBN 0-304-33765-X, text copyright 1950, p.191
  2. The Scotsman on Sunday 29 March 1948
  3. Eric Downton, The Scotsman, Monday 30 March 1948
  4. Levin's diary p.191, 21 May, refers to seeing old posters in Jerusalem announcing her execution, these he attributes to Etzel, (Irgun).
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