of the Jewish Quarter garrison to the Arab Legion under Abdullah al Tel, the remaining buildings in the quarter were systematically destroyed, including 58 of the 59 synagogues in the Old City. The quarter's Jewish residents were removed to Israeli lines, and lost all their property. The Arab victory in the Old City was one of their few successes in the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, which they termed their al-Nakba ("the Catastrophe"). In the Six-Day War of June 1967 Jewish forces captured the entire Old City, and thereafter the Jewish Quarter was rebuilt. None of the men or women who fought for the Jewish Quarter in 1948 received citations for bravery, although Moshe Roussak singled Esther out as deserving. Along with the 38 other Old City fighters who died, Esther was posthumously enlisted in the Israeli Defence Forces and, after temporary burial in a West Jerusalem quarry, her body was re-interred in Mount Herzl military cemetery in September 1950. See also Siege of Jerusalem (1948) Notes and references Sources Martin Gilbert: Jerusalem in the 20th Century. Chatto & Windus, 1996. Collins & Lapierre: O Jerusalem. History Book Club, 1972. Dan Kurtzman: Genesis 1948. Da Capo Press edition, 1992. Asher Cailingold: An Unlikely Heroine. Valentine Mitchell, 2000. Harry Levin: Jerusalem Embattled. Cassell edition, 1997. Yehuda Avner: The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership. Toby Press, 2010. 1925 births 1948 deaths Haganah members British Zionists English Jews English Orthodox Jews Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London British emigrants to Mandatory Palestine English emigrants to Israel English people of Polish-Jewish descent Israeli schoolteachers People from Whitechapel People of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Burials at Mount Herzl Israeli people wounded in the 1947–1949 Palestine war Women in war in the Middle East