The Ayalon Institute Museum in Rehovot is home to an exhibit which highlights one of the most heroic periods of the pre-state Yishuv.

Here on this site, starting in 1945, a group of brave and dedicated young men and women risked their lives by manufacturing ammunition in a secret factory right under the noses of the British. It's a story so gripping and heroic that it could have come straight out of an adventure novel by Eric Ambler.

The story began towards the end of World War II...

Source: Carol Novis. Pass the ammunition. Jerusalem Post (11 June 1999) [FullText]