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[[Wikipedia]] claims that it existed between 1946 and 1950 and claims that the [[name]] came from the number of [[people]] in a room during the group's founding meeting in 1946.
[[Wikipedia]] claims that it existed between 1946 and 1950 and claims that the [[name]] came from the number of [[people]] in a room during the group's founding meeting in 1946.


Another description: "''The UK-based [[62 Group]] was a progeny of the earlier 43 Group โ€“ also an [[extremist]] ethno-[[nationalist]] group who, according to Gable, were โ€œa group of volunteers who in โ€™43 volunteered to fight for a Jewish homelandโ€. A former member of the 43 Group, Vidal Sassoon, described it as โ€œa crudely armed paramilitary forceโ€ โ€“ a [[euphemism]] for [[political]] [[terrorism]]. The [[philosophy]] of the 43 Group was very simple: โ€œArmed with clubs, razors, bricks, knuckle-dusters, broken bottles, knives and everything except guns and bombs, the 43 Group tracked down โ€˜Fascistโ€™ meetings to quash them โ€ฆ โ€˜Weโ€™re not here to killโ€™ a former 43 Group veteran recalls being told on one occasion: โ€˜weโ€™re here to maimโ€™. It is reported that approximately 30 members of the 43 Group subsequently moved to [[Palestine]] in the late 1940s to fight against the [[Palestinians]] and the British (the British held the Mandate for Palestine at that [[time]]).''"<ref name=spvt>[[Searchlight]]: [[Political violence|Political Violence]] and Terrorism
Another description: "''The UK-based [[62 Group]] was a progeny of the earlier 43 Group โ€“ also an [[extremist]] ethno-[[fascist]] group who, according to Gable, were โ€œa group of volunteers who in โ€™43 volunteered to fight for a Jewish homelandโ€. A former member of the 43 Group, Vidal Sassoon, described it as โ€œa crudely armed paramilitary forceโ€ โ€“ a [[euphemism]] for [[political]] [[terrorism]]. The [[philosophy]] of the 43 Group was very simple: โ€œArmed with clubs, razors, bricks, knuckle-dusters, broken bottles, knives and everything except guns and bombs, the 43 Group tracked down โ€˜Fascistโ€™ meetings to quash them โ€ฆ โ€˜Weโ€™re not here to killโ€™ a former 43 Group veteran recalls being told on one occasion: โ€˜weโ€™re here to maimโ€™. It is reported that approximately 30 members of the 43 Group subsequently moved to [[Palestine]] in the late 1940s to fight against the [[Palestinians]] and the British (the British held the Mandate for Palestine at that [[time]]).''"<ref name=spvt>[[Searchlight]]: [[Political violence|Political Violence]] and Terrorism
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Revision as of 11:15, 15 February 2024

The 43 Group was a Jewish antifa group in the United Kingdom.

Wikipedia claims that it existed between 1946 and 1950 and claims that the name came from the number of people in a room during the group's founding meeting in 1946.

Another description: "The UK-based 62 Group was a progeny of the earlier 43 Group โ€“ also an extremist ethno-fascist group who, according to Gable, were โ€œa group of volunteers who in โ€™43 volunteered to fight for a Jewish homelandโ€. A former member of the 43 Group, Vidal Sassoon, described it as โ€œa crudely armed paramilitary forceโ€ โ€“ a euphemism for political terrorism. The philosophy of the 43 Group was very simple: โ€œArmed with clubs, razors, bricks, knuckle-dusters, broken bottles, knives and everything except guns and bombs, the 43 Group tracked down โ€˜Fascistโ€™ meetings to quash them โ€ฆ โ€˜Weโ€™re not here to killโ€™ a former 43 Group veteran recalls being told on one occasion: โ€˜weโ€™re here to maimโ€™. It is reported that approximately 30 members of the 43 Group subsequently moved to Palestine in the late 1940s to fight against the Palestinians and the British (the British held the Mandate for Palestine at that time)."[1]

To what degree it had associations with Jewish terrorist organizations such as the Irgun and the Lehi, which planned and committed numerous bombings and killings of British citizens, in Palestine, in Britain, and elsewhere, including plans to crash an aircraft into the House of Commons, may be unclear.[1]

There may also possibly have been associations with the Jewish Brigade (with the 43 group sometimes described as consisting of "Jewish ex-servicemen") and associated organizations such as the Nakam and Tilhas Tizig Gesheften.

See also the "External links" section.

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