Lot 445
"Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah" – Two Issues – Munich, 1949
Davar LeYaldei She'erit HaPletah [Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah], a supplement to "Das Vort", two issues – no. 14-15 (double issue) and no. 17. Munich, July-September 1949.
Two issues of "Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah", a Hebrew supplement to the Yiddish newspaper "Das Vort". The issues contain stories, tales and poems, as well as illustrations (one of them signed in the plate by Nachum Gutman). The front page of issue no. 14-15 features an illustration of Theodor Herzl writing "Der Judenstaat". The front page of issue no. 17 features an announcement about Herzl's burial in Israel.
The supplement was edited by Baruch Oren (Sosnovik; 1915-2004), a children's author, educator, director of the "Yad Labanim" organization and recipient of the Israel Prize for 1980. In 1948, Oren was sent by the Jewish Agency and the Joint to the camps of She'erit Hapletah in Germany, where he was in charge of education for two years. During this period, he served as a reporter of "Davar" and edited the "Davar for the children of She'erit Hapletah".
16 pp, approx. 27 cm. Condition varies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
