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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $150
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The British Can't Take It, The Truth Hurts. Proclamation issued by the Palestine Resistance Fund. New York, [1947].
Articles from New York newspapers about the American League for a Free Palestine were printed on one side; on the reverse is a "Letter to the Terrorists of Palestine" by Ben Hecht, one of the chairmen of the American League for a Free Palestine. The names of the Palestine Resistance Fund members appear at the end, amongst them the name of the artist Arthur Szyk. Leaf 46 cm. Good condition. Folded in four. Minor tears.
Articles from New York newspapers about the American League for a Free Palestine were printed on one side; on the reverse is a "Letter to the Terrorists of Palestine" by Ben Hecht, one of the chairmen of the American League for a Free Palestine. The names of the Palestine Resistance Fund members appear at the end, amongst them the name of the artist Arthur Szyk. Leaf 46 cm. Good condition. Folded in four. Minor tears.
Category
British Mandate, Underground Movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $150
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Memoranda, Submitted by the "Ihud" Organisation to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. [Eretz Israel, 1946].
Memoranda issued by "Ihud" organization; submitted to the Anglo-American committee for Eretz Israel. The memoranda include information about the situation of the Jewish Yishuv in Israel and the relations between Jews and Arabs. A folder contains the memoranda and petitions submitted to the committee by Y.L. Magnes, Martin Buber and Moshe Smilansky. All typewritten and stenciled. [40] leaves, printed folder 35.5 cm. Good condition. Tears and creases at borders of folder.
Memoranda issued by "Ihud" organization; submitted to the Anglo-American committee for Eretz Israel. The memoranda include information about the situation of the Jewish Yishuv in Israel and the relations between Jews and Arabs. A folder contains the memoranda and petitions submitted to the committee by Y.L. Magnes, Martin Buber and Moshe Smilansky. All typewritten and stenciled. [40] leaves, printed folder 35.5 cm. Good condition. Tears and creases at borders of folder.
Category
British Mandate, Underground Movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Four photographs of King David Hotel in Jerusalem after its south wing was exploded by the Etzel underground. Jerusalem, July 22, 1946.
British soldiers are seen surrounding the rubble, as well as an overall view of the hotel with the ruined wing. Ink-stamped on the reverse "The Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, Palestine". 91 people were killed in the explosion. Included is an additional photograph of the hotel, prior to the explosion. Four photographs 12x9 cm, good condition, stains (mainly on the reverse); photograph 9x6.5 cm, good condition, annotated in pencil on the reverse.
British soldiers are seen surrounding the rubble, as well as an overall view of the hotel with the ruined wing. Ink-stamped on the reverse "The Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, Palestine". 91 people were killed in the explosion. Included is an additional photograph of the hotel, prior to the explosion. Four photographs 12x9 cm, good condition, stains (mainly on the reverse); photograph 9x6.5 cm, good condition, annotated in pencil on the reverse.
Category
British Mandate, Underground Movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $120
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Brit HaChashmona'im. Published by the Headquarters of Brit HaChashmona'im in Eretz Israel. Jerusalem, 1942.
Booklet, typewritten and stenciled. Contains the movement regulations, its emblem, greeting, anthem, members' duties, special dates, etc. The movement was active during the years 1937-1949 as a religious-Zionist youth movement. In addition to its educational activities the movement served as a source of operational manpower for Etzel, Lechi and later even the Haganah operations. [1], 11 pp, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor foxing-marks. Bound in a cardboard cover for preservation, with a printed label on the front (cover in fair condition).
Booklet, typewritten and stenciled. Contains the movement regulations, its emblem, greeting, anthem, members' duties, special dates, etc. The movement was active during the years 1937-1949 as a religious-Zionist youth movement. In addition to its educational activities the movement served as a source of operational manpower for Etzel, Lechi and later even the Haganah operations. [1], 11 pp, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor foxing-marks. Bound in a cardboard cover for preservation, with a printed label on the front (cover in fair condition).
Category
British Mandate, Underground Movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Permit to visit Jerusalem lock-up, entrance permit for Shabbat and Chagim, for Rabbi Aryeh Levine, to the [British] prison in Jerusalem, for visiting Jewish prisoners held there. Typewritten and signed by British officer. Jerusalem 1944. On reverse side of leaf, Rabbi Aryeh Levine wrote: "Official permit for visiting the prison on Shabbat and Chagim".
Rabbi Aryeh Levine (1885-1969) the famous "Tzaddik of Jerusalem", incredible man of chessed, merited the name "father of prisoners" because during the British Mandate he used to walk every Shabbat to visit the prisoners in the British prisons to lift their spirits. He was especially renowned for his consoling visits to the underground prisoners and those doomed for hanging. Leaf 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear to margins and folding marks from much use, tears restored with tape, file holes.
Rabbi Aryeh Levine (1885-1969) the famous "Tzaddik of Jerusalem", incredible man of chessed, merited the name "father of prisoners" because during the British Mandate he used to walk every Shabbat to visit the prisoners in the British prisons to lift their spirits. He was especially renowned for his consoling visits to the underground prisoners and those doomed for hanging. Leaf 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear to margins and folding marks from much use, tears restored with tape, file holes.
Category
British Mandate, Underground Movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Photograph album from the estate of Shlomo Lev-Ami (Levi), a senior member of Etzel's command, "Etzel's Head of Staff", [1940s].
In the beginning of 1945, Lev Ami was handed over to the British and exiled to Africa where he took part in the large escape of 45 exiles from the internment camp in Eritrea, but was caught after three months and sent back to the camp. Lev Ami returned to Eretz Israel with the last of the exiles from Kenya on July 12, 1948. The album contains 75 photographs, mostly family photographs, and 19 loose photographs. Approximately 30 photographs were taken in the internment camps in Kenya and Eritrea, which document various events of camp life: Chanukkah party, plays, photograph with people that visited the camp, etc.
The photographs are placed in a fancy album made of thick leather and a wooden plate with an etched illustration portraying the battle to conquer Jaffa in April 1948 by soldiers waving a flag with the Etzel symbol - "Just so". Possibly, the wooden plate was made in one of the detention camps where Lev-Ami stayed. Shlomo Lev-Ami's brother, Yosef, was the most senior commander of Etzel, and fell in the battle to conquer Jaffa. Total of more than 90 photographs, average size 9x6.5 cm, album 23.5x14 cm. Good condition.
In the beginning of 1945, Lev Ami was handed over to the British and exiled to Africa where he took part in the large escape of 45 exiles from the internment camp in Eritrea, but was caught after three months and sent back to the camp. Lev Ami returned to Eretz Israel with the last of the exiles from Kenya on July 12, 1948. The album contains 75 photographs, mostly family photographs, and 19 loose photographs. Approximately 30 photographs were taken in the internment camps in Kenya and Eritrea, which document various events of camp life: Chanukkah party, plays, photograph with people that visited the camp, etc.
The photographs are placed in a fancy album made of thick leather and a wooden plate with an etched illustration portraying the battle to conquer Jaffa in April 1948 by soldiers waving a flag with the Etzel symbol - "Just so". Possibly, the wooden plate was made in one of the detention camps where Lev-Ami stayed. Shlomo Lev-Ami's brother, Yosef, was the most senior commander of Etzel, and fell in the battle to conquer Jaffa. Total of more than 90 photographs, average size 9x6.5 cm, album 23.5x14 cm. Good condition.
Category
British Mandate, Underground Movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $150
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Ornan, Uzi. Dikduk Hapeh VeHaOzen, Hebrew study book. Published by the author, Gilgil Internment Camp, Kenya, [1947].
[7], 107, [1] leaves, 28 cm. Good condition. Damaged cover (tear with omission), staining, creases at first and last leaves.
[7], 107, [1] leaves, 28 cm. Good condition. Damaged cover (tear with omission), staining, creases at first and last leaves.
Category
British Mandate, Underground Movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $120
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Informative circular. Published by the publicity department of Cherut movement (founded by Etzel). Tel Aviv, late August, 1948.
"Circulars" no. 14, 15, 16, 17; August 29-31, 1948, regarding the following subjects: "Journalistsג€™ meeting on behalf of Cherut movement with the five Beit Shean detainees", "the five Beit Shean detaineesג€¦tell about what they went through since they were arrestedג€¦until the day they were released unconditionally", "Speech by Mr. Menachem Beginג€¦in Petach Tikva", "System of holding hostages in Israel. A mother is held hostage for her son". [4] leaves, size varies, fair-good condition.
"Circulars" no. 14, 15, 16, 17; August 29-31, 1948, regarding the following subjects: "Journalistsג€™ meeting on behalf of Cherut movement with the five Beit Shean detainees", "the five Beit Shean detaineesג€¦tell about what they went through since they were arrestedג€¦until the day they were released unconditionally", "Speech by Mr. Menachem Beginג€¦in Petach Tikva", "System of holding hostages in Israel. A mother is held hostage for her son". [4] leaves, size varies, fair-good condition.
Category
British Mandate, Underground Movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $150
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1. For the sake of Republican Spain, a one-time edition. Published by "Antifa" and the intellectual workers group. In charge: A. Koblanov, Jerusalem: "Liga" printing press, Ramat Gan, May 10, 1938.
Paper published by "Antifa", an anti-Fascist and anti-nationalist organization, supporting the Spanish republicans in the fight against the nationalists during the Civil War in Spain. 8 pp, 31.5 cm. Good condition. Folded sheet, not cut. Moisture-marks at borders and minor tears. Folding-marks.
2. L'oeuvre des defenseurs de la religion et de la civilisation. Photographies du bombardment de Barcelone, le 30 janvier 1938. [The work of the defenders of religion and civilization. Photographs of the bombardment of Barcelona, January 30, 1938]. Poster. 50x32.5 cm. Good condition.
Paper published by "Antifa", an anti-Fascist and anti-nationalist organization, supporting the Spanish republicans in the fight against the nationalists during the Civil War in Spain. 8 pp, 31.5 cm. Good condition. Folded sheet, not cut. Moisture-marks at borders and minor tears. Folding-marks.
2. L'oeuvre des defenseurs de la religion et de la civilisation. Photographies du bombardment de Barcelone, le 30 janvier 1938. [The work of the defenders of religion and civilization. Photographs of the bombardment of Barcelona, January 30, 1938]. Poster. 50x32.5 cm. Good condition.
Category
Left-Wing organizations and peace movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $120
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Brit Shalom was a movement established in 1925 by a group of Jewish intellectuals, aiming at achieving co-existence between Jews and Arabs, through yielding the right to establish a national home for the Jews in Eretz Israel, as stated in the Balfour Declaration. Amongst the members and supporters were Arthur Ruppin, Martin Buber, Shmuel Hugo Bergman, Gershom Shalom, Ernst Simon, Henreitta Szold, Yehudah Leib Magnes and others:
1. Memorandum by the Brit Shalom Society on an Arab Policy for the Jewish Agency. Jerusalem, January 1930. Good condition. Creases.
2. Jewish-Arab Affairs, occasional papers published by the Brit-Shalom Society. Jerusalem, June 1931. Good condition. Torn cover, partially detached.
1. Memorandum by the Brit Shalom Society on an Arab Policy for the Jewish Agency. Jerusalem, January 1930. Good condition. Creases.
2. Jewish-Arab Affairs, occasional papers published by the Brit-Shalom Society. Jerusalem, June 1931. Good condition. Torn cover, partially detached.
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Left-Wing organizations and peace movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $200
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Collection of printed items issued by the League for Jewish-Arab Cooperation: * In Emergency, The Problems of Zionist Policy and Jewish-Arab Cooperation. Jerusalem, 1940. 48 pp. * Cohen, Aharon. The Sources of Crisis, Routes for Solution. Jerusalem, [1946]. 27 pp. * Circular-letter. Jerusalem, October 1942. [4] pp.
Also included: "Summary of a conversation between Mr. H. M. [Haim Margaliot] Kalvarisky and Aharon Cohen and M. Shertok on 21-6-1943" - two typewritten leaves detailing a Jewish-Arab Agreement. Marked "Secret". * Notebook with 28 pages handwritten by one of the league's members [Kalvarisky? Aharon Cohen? A. Sasson?] with many details about secret meetings between the league members and various Arab figures. Various sizes and conditions.
Also included: "Summary of a conversation between Mr. H. M. [Haim Margaliot] Kalvarisky and Aharon Cohen and M. Shertok on 21-6-1943" - two typewritten leaves detailing a Jewish-Arab Agreement. Marked "Secret". * Notebook with 28 pages handwritten by one of the league's members [Kalvarisky? Aharon Cohen? A. Sasson?] with many details about secret meetings between the league members and various Arab figures. Various sizes and conditions.
Category
Left-Wing organizations and peace movements
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $250
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Thirty eight leaflets, proclamations and booklets published by the Eretz Israel Communist Party and the Eretz Israel Communist Youth Organization, 1940s.
Some of the items were stenciled for internal distribution only; some other items are bibliographically unknown. A varied and very interesting collection. Various sizes and conditions.
Some of the items were stenciled for internal distribution only; some other items are bibliographically unknown. A varied and very interesting collection. Various sizes and conditions.
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Left-Wing organizations and peace movements
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