Lot 182
Donation Receipt – Palestine Independence Fund of the Fund of The American League for a Free Palestine, 1945-1948
Receipt for contribution in the sum of 1000 made to the Palestine Independence Fund of the The American League for a Free Palestine, founded by Hillel Kook. USA: [1945-1948].
A beautifully designed document: at the center of the receipt appears the figure of Michelangelo's King David, and on its upper part, the Hebrew saying "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me". Signed (in print) by the fund's co-chairmen, one of whom is Ben Hecht.
Text on top: "Frelly given to the American League for a free Palestine to help underwrite Hebrew independence in recognition that only through the security and dignity of a national Homeland and in atmosphere of complete freedom will the endless wandering and distress of Israel be braught to an early end and its people restored to peace and happiness among the nations of the earth".
The Palestine Independence Fund and its mother organization The American League for a Free Palestine, were founded by Hillel Kook, the representative of the Zionist Revisionist movement in the USA, who operated under the pseudonym Peter H. Bergson.
Approx. 25.5X17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Minor open tear to edge. Traces of glue on verso.
