Ask about this item

Lot 439

"Modern" Passover Haggadah - England, 1944

Bernstein, Ben Zvi. Passover Haggadah for 1944, Di Moderne Haggadah oyf Pesach 1944 Yor, Di Fier Kashiot Mit Dem Teirutz Loyt Der Mode [Mah Nishtana with the excuse, according to the mode]. Manchester, printed in London, 1944. Yiddish.
A non-traditional Haggadah, rhymed, with many references to Hitler and the Holocaust, modern anti-Semitic ideas and pogroms. Bibliographically unknown, not mentioned in "Otzar HaHaggadot". 24 pp, 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Pin-hole on lower part of the leaves and the cover. Ink-stamps on the cover.