Who is Alex Brandel from Mila 18 and what is their importance? Mila_18 English & Literature Alex Brandel | Mila 18

A Polish Jew and former university professor of history, Alex Brandel is a Zionist or a person who works toward the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. He is the leader of an organization called the Bathyrans. The organization owns several farms in the Polish countryside, where young Jews go to learn the techniques of farming, so that they may use their skills to farm the land being purchased in Palestine. The Bathyrans run a Jewish orphanage as well, hoping to raise future colonists for Palestine.