Lot 242
Wood-Album Made by a Prisoner in Latrun Detention Camp, 1947
Photo-album with a decorated wooden binding, made by a prisoner in Latrun detention camp [1947].
On the front cover sawing-work: Etzel emblem (map of Greater Israel) behind bars; on the back cover an etching: a chained prisoner, raising a burning torch behind a torn barbed-wire fence. On the inner side of the front cover appears a handwritten dedication: to Rachel, souvenir from my detention. Moshe. Emek Ayalon (Latron), Tevet, 1947. Album 31X16.5 cm. Good condition. Album was in use but contains no photos.
