Lot 409
Song Book Issued by "HaChayal HaIvri" - Jewish Transportation Unit 128 - Libya, 1943
Song book printed by Yael - Jewish Transportation Unit, the British Army. "HaChayal HaIvri" publication (bi-weekly). Libya, 1943. Stenciled. Illustrations: Nathan Schor.
"This collection was assembled under difficult conditions…the song book was collected and duplicated in the occupied areas and all was compiled with material looted from the enemy". The songs are about the soldiers' life and the Transportation corps. In addition, the song book contains a separate song-leaf (a Maltese girl sings about her love to a black Mauritian soldier) printed in Malta on Libyan Government stationery, for a Shabat party (May 1943). 63 pp, 12.5 cm, good condition. Minor tears. Stains.
Not in the NLI.
