Lot 278
Broadside – Etzel – "Bagola" – Germany, 1946
Af Al Pi". Broadside issued by Irgun Zeva'I Le'umi "Bagola" [Hebrew: In exile; Germany], 1946. Yiddish and Hebrew.
Titles in Hebrew and Yiddish – "Af Al Pi" and "Galut – Shi'abud – Herut". Accompanied by three allegoric illustrations: in the first (Galut = exile) a hand of an SS soldier whipping Jews, human-skeletons, in the background a flag with a Swastika; in the second (Shiabud = slavery) – hand of a British Soldier (Committee of Imperial Defence) whipping holocaust survivors, a British flag in the background; in the third (Herut – liberty) – Jewish fighter holding a sword, after ripping off the chains that handcuffed him, emerging from a map of Greater Eretz Israel. Texts in Hebrew and Yiddish on the right margins: speech of Bar Kochba to his people; and more. 43X31 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Slight damages to folding marks. Mounted on acid-free paper.
From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.
