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Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
"HaHayil, Jewish Soldiers' Daily Newspaper". West Europe [probably Brussels], 1945-1946. Issues nos. 420-653.
The newspaper "HaHayil" was first printed in Italy under the name "LaChayal Alon Yomi LeChayalim Ivrim BeYabeshet Europe" (Daily newspaper for Jewish soldiers in Europe). Following the surrender of Nazi Germany, Jewish Brigade soldiers were transferred to the Low Countries, and the paper's editorial moved to Brussels, where the newspaper was printed with a new title. Offered here is a complete collection of all of the issues printed in Brussels, documenting the life of Jewish soldiers in Europe post World War II and the defeat of Germany.
Among other subjects, the articles deal at length with the subject of Palestine and the Yishuv – Illegal immigrant ships, establishment of new settlements, the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, relations between the Arabs and the Nazi regime and other subjects; the holocaust and She'erit Hapletah – first testimonies by survivors, maps and plans of ghettos and camps, news from the Nuremberg trials, testimonies by Jewish prisoners of war, attacks on Jewish populations after the war, displaced persons camps and more topics; as well as internal information about the brigade and its soldiers – sports competitions, letters from soldiers, testimonies and documents recording the Brigade battles (among them sketches of the movement of forces in the battle on the Senio River), tables and lists of the various units and the numbers of serving soldiers, and other subjects.
The paper also features poems and essays by authors who volunteered to the British army, documenting their experiences at the time – the poets Dov Chomsky, Amir Gilboa, Noah Stern (who was part of the editorial staff of the paper), Amazia Barlas (Independence War casualty), and others. Numerous photographs from Europe and Palestine also appear in the issues, as well as caricatures and drawings by various artists (Mane Katz, Henri Pieck, Avigdor Arikha, Esther Luria and others).
The issues are bound in four volumes according to the order of their appearance. On the front covers of each of the volumes appears a pasted note with the symbol of the paper and below it the number of issues (typewritten). The covers are signed by the editor, Shimshon Oxman (later – Shimon Arad), a senior official of the Foreign Ministry, who fought in the Jewish Brigade during World War II. Markings in pencil alongside essays written by Oxman appear in some of the issues.
Enclosed: LaChayal, daily news bulletin for Jewish soldiers in Europe. Italy. 5.3.1945. Issue no 1. Special edition of the paper dated 21.6.1946, present for readers of "HaHayil" from the "editorial and the administration".
Total of 234 issues bound in four volumes, approx. 33.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and some defects. Tears at margins of a number of leaves. Damaged and slightly worn bindings. Tears and open tears to spines. One volume is lacking spine; its back cover and last leaves are partly detached.
The newspaper "HaHayil" was first printed in Italy under the name "LaChayal Alon Yomi LeChayalim Ivrim BeYabeshet Europe" (Daily newspaper for Jewish soldiers in Europe). Following the surrender of Nazi Germany, Jewish Brigade soldiers were transferred to the Low Countries, and the paper's editorial moved to Brussels, where the newspaper was printed with a new title. Offered here is a complete collection of all of the issues printed in Brussels, documenting the life of Jewish soldiers in Europe post World War II and the defeat of Germany.
Among other subjects, the articles deal at length with the subject of Palestine and the Yishuv – Illegal immigrant ships, establishment of new settlements, the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, relations between the Arabs and the Nazi regime and other subjects; the holocaust and She'erit Hapletah – first testimonies by survivors, maps and plans of ghettos and camps, news from the Nuremberg trials, testimonies by Jewish prisoners of war, attacks on Jewish populations after the war, displaced persons camps and more topics; as well as internal information about the brigade and its soldiers – sports competitions, letters from soldiers, testimonies and documents recording the Brigade battles (among them sketches of the movement of forces in the battle on the Senio River), tables and lists of the various units and the numbers of serving soldiers, and other subjects.
The paper also features poems and essays by authors who volunteered to the British army, documenting their experiences at the time – the poets Dov Chomsky, Amir Gilboa, Noah Stern (who was part of the editorial staff of the paper), Amazia Barlas (Independence War casualty), and others. Numerous photographs from Europe and Palestine also appear in the issues, as well as caricatures and drawings by various artists (Mane Katz, Henri Pieck, Avigdor Arikha, Esther Luria and others).
The issues are bound in four volumes according to the order of their appearance. On the front covers of each of the volumes appears a pasted note with the symbol of the paper and below it the number of issues (typewritten). The covers are signed by the editor, Shimshon Oxman (later – Shimon Arad), a senior official of the Foreign Ministry, who fought in the Jewish Brigade during World War II. Markings in pencil alongside essays written by Oxman appear in some of the issues.
Enclosed: LaChayal, daily news bulletin for Jewish soldiers in Europe. Italy. 5.3.1945. Issue no 1. Special edition of the paper dated 21.6.1946, present for readers of "HaHayil" from the "editorial and the administration".
Total of 234 issues bound in four volumes, approx. 33.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and some defects. Tears at margins of a number of leaves. Damaged and slightly worn bindings. Tears and open tears to spines. One volume is lacking spine; its back cover and last leaves are partly detached.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $8,000
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Sold for: $10,000
Including buyer's premium
A Torah scroll in an original case adorned with finials, with inscriptions commemorating the "Olei HaGardom" Eliyahu Hakim and Eliyahu Bet-Zuri. [Cairo, Egypt, mid-20th century].
Ink on parchment; Sephardi script; cloth-covered wood; sheet-silver plaques, embossed and engraved; glass; ink on paper.
The Torah scroll is inserted in an original case in the shape of a prism with ten facets. Surmounting the case is a pair of massive silver finials (in the style characteristic of Egyptian finials). The case's exterior is lined with red velvet, nailed to which are various decorations including silver plaques cut in the shape of palm trees with clusters of palms (also characteristic of Egypt), Stars of David, and more.
Nailed to the case's right side is a silver plaques with an engraved commemorative inscription in Hebrew: "This Torah scroll is holy unto G-d… in memory of the two youths killed in one moment here in Egypt". Inside the case are two pieces of paper set under glass with vegetal decorations and the Hebrew inscription: "Holy unto G-d in memory of the Olei HaGardom, martyrs for the G-d of Israel" (late addition; identical on both sides of the case).
Lehi fighters Eliyahu Bet-Zuri (born in Tel Aviv, 1922) and Eliyahu Hakim (born in Lebanon, 1925) assassinated Lord Moyne, Walter Edward Guinness, who served as British Minister of State in the Middle East and resided in Cairo. Lord Moyne was considered anti-Zionist, acting to limit Jewish immigration to Palestine and promote the idea of establishing an independent confederation of the "northern Arab states" under British auspices.
Hakim and Bet-Zuri spent several weeks in Cairo preparing for the assassination. During these weeks they followed Lord Moyne's routine and planned the operation. On 6 November 1944 they lay in wait for his car, and when it arrived – Eliyahu Hakim opened its door, shot Lord Moyne three times and killed him (also shooting his bodyguard) while Bet-Zuri covered. The two fled the scene on bicycles on their way to the city market, but a policeman recognized them and managed to shoot Bet-Zuri. Hakim returned to aid his friend, leading to the capture of both men by the Egyptians. They were tried in an Egyptian martial court, sentenced to death and executed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 while singing "HaTikvah" (later the Israeli national anthem).
Hakim and Bet-Zuri were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Cairo. In 1975, on the initiative of Knesset member Yitzhak Shamir (one of the leaders of the Lehi movement; he knew Hakim and Bet-Zuri personally and had ordered the operation), their remains were brought to Israel as part of a prisoner exchange agreement with Egypt. They were buried in a military ceremony in the "Olei HaGardom" section of the Mount Herzl cemetery.
Another dedication appears at the bottom of one of the silver palm tree-shaped decorations: "To the memory of… Mr. Rozin Abu Rish…", and another inscription regarding the scribal emendation of the Torah scroll: "This Torah scroll was emended by Shlomo Hamsha…".
Case height: 90 cm. Good-fair condition. Defects and unraveling to cloth lining. Color peeling. One dedicational plate missing. Partly loose decorations, with slight defects. Finial height: 24 cm. Soldering repairs. Bends. Stains. One chain and bell missing. Parchment height: 43 cm. Good condition. Stains. Faded ink in some places.
Ink on parchment; Sephardi script; cloth-covered wood; sheet-silver plaques, embossed and engraved; glass; ink on paper.
The Torah scroll is inserted in an original case in the shape of a prism with ten facets. Surmounting the case is a pair of massive silver finials (in the style characteristic of Egyptian finials). The case's exterior is lined with red velvet, nailed to which are various decorations including silver plaques cut in the shape of palm trees with clusters of palms (also characteristic of Egypt), Stars of David, and more.
Nailed to the case's right side is a silver plaques with an engraved commemorative inscription in Hebrew: "This Torah scroll is holy unto G-d… in memory of the two youths killed in one moment here in Egypt". Inside the case are two pieces of paper set under glass with vegetal decorations and the Hebrew inscription: "Holy unto G-d in memory of the Olei HaGardom, martyrs for the G-d of Israel" (late addition; identical on both sides of the case).
Lehi fighters Eliyahu Bet-Zuri (born in Tel Aviv, 1922) and Eliyahu Hakim (born in Lebanon, 1925) assassinated Lord Moyne, Walter Edward Guinness, who served as British Minister of State in the Middle East and resided in Cairo. Lord Moyne was considered anti-Zionist, acting to limit Jewish immigration to Palestine and promote the idea of establishing an independent confederation of the "northern Arab states" under British auspices.
Hakim and Bet-Zuri spent several weeks in Cairo preparing for the assassination. During these weeks they followed Lord Moyne's routine and planned the operation. On 6 November 1944 they lay in wait for his car, and when it arrived – Eliyahu Hakim opened its door, shot Lord Moyne three times and killed him (also shooting his bodyguard) while Bet-Zuri covered. The two fled the scene on bicycles on their way to the city market, but a policeman recognized them and managed to shoot Bet-Zuri. Hakim returned to aid his friend, leading to the capture of both men by the Egyptians. They were tried in an Egyptian martial court, sentenced to death and executed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 while singing "HaTikvah" (later the Israeli national anthem).
Hakim and Bet-Zuri were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Cairo. In 1975, on the initiative of Knesset member Yitzhak Shamir (one of the leaders of the Lehi movement; he knew Hakim and Bet-Zuri personally and had ordered the operation), their remains were brought to Israel as part of a prisoner exchange agreement with Egypt. They were buried in a military ceremony in the "Olei HaGardom" section of the Mount Herzl cemetery.
Another dedication appears at the bottom of one of the silver palm tree-shaped decorations: "To the memory of… Mr. Rozin Abu Rish…", and another inscription regarding the scribal emendation of the Torah scroll: "This Torah scroll was emended by Shlomo Hamsha…".
Case height: 90 cm. Good-fair condition. Defects and unraveling to cloth lining. Color peeling. One dedicational plate missing. Partly loose decorations, with slight defects. Finial height: 24 cm. Soldering repairs. Bends. Stains. One chain and bell missing. Parchment height: 43 cm. Good condition. Stains. Faded ink in some places.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $3,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Album of photographs and a collection of items which belonged to Etzel member Zrubavel Lilior from Haifa, who was arrested in 1944 and was detained for six months in Palestine (in Acre and in Latroun) and 45 months (!) in Africa. [Sembel, Asmara, Eritrea; Carthago, Sudan; Gilgil, Kenya, 1944/1945 until July 1948].
· Album with about 250 photographs taken in the different British Detention camps in Africa – in Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya – documenting daily routine in prison and especially sports competitions organized by the detainees. · Two improvised wooden sports medals made by hand, "In Asmara Exile", Hanukkah 1946, and awarded to the second place winner of high jump and long jump competitions. · "Service certificate" on behalf of Etzel chief headquarters, signed by Menachem Begin, with personal information about the holder of the certificate, including the total period of imprisonment and detention. · Member card (temporary), issued by the Kenyan Exiles, with the period of time of imprisonment in Palestine and in Exile.
The album contains numerous photographs documenting sports competitions – mainly football and athletics – among the detainees, photographs of theater plays performed by the detainees (including photographs from the play "Gale HaYam"), group photographs with the sign "Zion Exiles in Asmara", photographs documenting visit of South African chief rabbi in the camp, daily life in the camp (washing, haircut, kitchen, dining room, etc.), as well as a photograph titled "First hours of freedom". The album opens with 13 photographs of drawings by Etzel member, the painter from Haifa Leopold Pinchasovich, depicting the Sembel camp near Asmara during the year 1947, and ends with a number of photographs taken in Palestine after Lilior's release and a number of photographs of views and people taken in Africa (most probably not taken by Lilior).
Size of photographs varies, 4.5 X 4.5 cm. to 17 X 12 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains to several photographs. Some detached photographs. Album: 41X29 cm, in good condition. Wooden medals: approx. 6X3.5 cm (diameter: 3.5 cm). Very good condition.
Literature: Etzel in Red Haifa by Yehudah Lapidot (Hebrew). Published by "Brit Chayale HaEtzel", Tel-Aviv, 2006. Seventh Chapter – "In Prison".
· Album with about 250 photographs taken in the different British Detention camps in Africa – in Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya – documenting daily routine in prison and especially sports competitions organized by the detainees. · Two improvised wooden sports medals made by hand, "In Asmara Exile", Hanukkah 1946, and awarded to the second place winner of high jump and long jump competitions. · "Service certificate" on behalf of Etzel chief headquarters, signed by Menachem Begin, with personal information about the holder of the certificate, including the total period of imprisonment and detention. · Member card (temporary), issued by the Kenyan Exiles, with the period of time of imprisonment in Palestine and in Exile.
The album contains numerous photographs documenting sports competitions – mainly football and athletics – among the detainees, photographs of theater plays performed by the detainees (including photographs from the play "Gale HaYam"), group photographs with the sign "Zion Exiles in Asmara", photographs documenting visit of South African chief rabbi in the camp, daily life in the camp (washing, haircut, kitchen, dining room, etc.), as well as a photograph titled "First hours of freedom". The album opens with 13 photographs of drawings by Etzel member, the painter from Haifa Leopold Pinchasovich, depicting the Sembel camp near Asmara during the year 1947, and ends with a number of photographs taken in Palestine after Lilior's release and a number of photographs of views and people taken in Africa (most probably not taken by Lilior).
Size of photographs varies, 4.5 X 4.5 cm. to 17 X 12 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains to several photographs. Some detached photographs. Album: 41X29 cm, in good condition. Wooden medals: approx. 6X3.5 cm (diameter: 3.5 cm). Very good condition.
Literature: Etzel in Red Haifa by Yehudah Lapidot (Hebrew). Published by "Brit Chayale HaEtzel", Tel-Aviv, 2006. Seventh Chapter – "In Prison".
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Album of photographs documenting the soldiers of Givati Brigade Regiment 51, during the War of Independence. [Israel, late 1948/1949].
Album with about 750 photographs taken by a soldier in Givati Brigade regiment 51 during the War of Independence and afterwards. The photographs document the opening of the road to the Negev – "Operation Yoav" (October 1948) and the regiment and brigade soldiers during the war, in sites conquered from the Egyptians, during cease fire periods and during routine work in the bases.
The photographs document, among other things, technical departments – radio, mapping and more – of Givati brigade, mortars, armored vehicles, and airplanes which participated in "Operation Yoav"; Beit Govrin villa and the environs of Beit Govrin, Iraq Suwaydan police fort (present day "Yoav Fort") and possibly also the village Iraq Suwaydan, Tegart forts and unidentified villages in the area of the coastal plain and the northern Negev, military formations, ceremony of fixing the sign "Givat Arnon" (post 113, one of the "junction posts" named after Ya'akov Arnon who fell in the line of duty during the battle to occupy the post), ceremony of fixing the sign "Migdal Yoav" on Iraq Suwaydan police, ceremony of fixing the sign "Mishlat Haim" (after Haim Bolman who fell in the line of duty in Huleiqat battle; near Kibutz Gvaram) and the ceremony of fixing the sign "Givat Shimshon", various sites in Beersheba after the occupation, water wells dug in the desert, Arab population in villages, as well as portrait photographs of soldiers and some phptographs taken during leisure time activities, trips and excursions. A few photographs are signed in the plate "Photography service – Givati". A few photographs document personal occasions or trips not in a military framework.
The photographs were taken, most probably, by Yosef (Joachim) Ehrenberg, born in 1924, who was a student in the Technion in the mid 1940s and served in Givati brigade during the Independence War (enclosed are two more photo-albums with photographs by Ehrenberg including about 200 personal photographs, photographs from trips in the country and from his studies in the Technion. It is obvious from the photographs that Ehrenberg served in a position which matched his professional training in the Technion – maybe in the "Photography service" or in another technical department).
Size of photographs varies, approx. 4 X 5.5 cm to 11 X 15 cm. Pasted to thin paper leaves bound together as an album, 25X36 cm. Good overall condition. Stains at margins of some photographs and slight distortions due to pasting them to the leaves. A number of photographs were detached, in some cases – with the paper leaf. Enclosed are two albums with 200 additional photographs, not related to the War of Independence.
Album with about 750 photographs taken by a soldier in Givati Brigade regiment 51 during the War of Independence and afterwards. The photographs document the opening of the road to the Negev – "Operation Yoav" (October 1948) and the regiment and brigade soldiers during the war, in sites conquered from the Egyptians, during cease fire periods and during routine work in the bases.
The photographs document, among other things, technical departments – radio, mapping and more – of Givati brigade, mortars, armored vehicles, and airplanes which participated in "Operation Yoav"; Beit Govrin villa and the environs of Beit Govrin, Iraq Suwaydan police fort (present day "Yoav Fort") and possibly also the village Iraq Suwaydan, Tegart forts and unidentified villages in the area of the coastal plain and the northern Negev, military formations, ceremony of fixing the sign "Givat Arnon" (post 113, one of the "junction posts" named after Ya'akov Arnon who fell in the line of duty during the battle to occupy the post), ceremony of fixing the sign "Migdal Yoav" on Iraq Suwaydan police, ceremony of fixing the sign "Mishlat Haim" (after Haim Bolman who fell in the line of duty in Huleiqat battle; near Kibutz Gvaram) and the ceremony of fixing the sign "Givat Shimshon", various sites in Beersheba after the occupation, water wells dug in the desert, Arab population in villages, as well as portrait photographs of soldiers and some phptographs taken during leisure time activities, trips and excursions. A few photographs are signed in the plate "Photography service – Givati". A few photographs document personal occasions or trips not in a military framework.
The photographs were taken, most probably, by Yosef (Joachim) Ehrenberg, born in 1924, who was a student in the Technion in the mid 1940s and served in Givati brigade during the Independence War (enclosed are two more photo-albums with photographs by Ehrenberg including about 200 personal photographs, photographs from trips in the country and from his studies in the Technion. It is obvious from the photographs that Ehrenberg served in a position which matched his professional training in the Technion – maybe in the "Photography service" or in another technical department).
Size of photographs varies, approx. 4 X 5.5 cm to 11 X 15 cm. Pasted to thin paper leaves bound together as an album, 25X36 cm. Good overall condition. Stains at margins of some photographs and slight distortions due to pasting them to the leaves. A number of photographs were detached, in some cases – with the paper leaf. Enclosed are two albums with 200 additional photographs, not related to the War of Independence.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Ten newspapers and supplements printed on the days around the UN resolution and the Declaration of Independence. 1947-1948.
1. "The State will be established", special edition of "Haaretz". "Haaretz" press, Tel-Aviv, [29.11.1947]. Single leaf with the announcement: "A majority of two-thirds of the United Nations General Assembly decided in favor of establishing two states – Jewish and Arab – in Palestine".
2. Haaretz, issue no. 8586, dated 30.11.1947. Headline: "It was decided to establish a Jewish State".
3. HaBoker, daily paper, issue no. 3674, dated 30.11.1947. Headline: "Jewish State was approved, 33 states for, 13 against, 11 abstained… today you are a nation!"
4. Mivrak, evening paper, issue no. 125, dated 13.5.1948. Headline: "Agreement Signed – Jaffa Surrenders". Second edition.
5. "Yom Hamedinah", joint paper of the country's newspapers. Friday, May 14, 1948.
6. "The Mandate from Beginning to End" published by "Yediot Maariv", illustrated supplement, May 15,1948.
7. Mivrak, evening paper, issue no. 128, 17.5.1948. Headline: "Jewish army entered Ramla".
8. Yediot Yerushalayim", issue no. 34, 17.5.1948. Headline: "State of Israel fights the enemy who is attacking from four sides".
9. Issue of Minhelet HaAm, edicts and announcements. Published in Tel-Aviv on 10.5.1948. "Hapoel Hatzair" press, Tel-Aviv, 1948. No other issues were printed.
10. Iton Rishmi, issue no. 1. Printed with authorization granted by the Provisional Government, "Hapoel Hatzair" press, Tel-Aviv, 14.5.1948.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases, folding marks and slight tears at margins of some issues. "Yom HaMedinah" paper in fair condition, with tears at margins and along folding line, and strips of adhesive tape at margins and along the front page folding line. "Yediot Yerushalayim" in fair condition, with long tears at margins.
1. "The State will be established", special edition of "Haaretz". "Haaretz" press, Tel-Aviv, [29.11.1947]. Single leaf with the announcement: "A majority of two-thirds of the United Nations General Assembly decided in favor of establishing two states – Jewish and Arab – in Palestine".
2. Haaretz, issue no. 8586, dated 30.11.1947. Headline: "It was decided to establish a Jewish State".
3. HaBoker, daily paper, issue no. 3674, dated 30.11.1947. Headline: "Jewish State was approved, 33 states for, 13 against, 11 abstained… today you are a nation!"
4. Mivrak, evening paper, issue no. 125, dated 13.5.1948. Headline: "Agreement Signed – Jaffa Surrenders". Second edition.
5. "Yom Hamedinah", joint paper of the country's newspapers. Friday, May 14, 1948.
6. "The Mandate from Beginning to End" published by "Yediot Maariv", illustrated supplement, May 15,1948.
7. Mivrak, evening paper, issue no. 128, 17.5.1948. Headline: "Jewish army entered Ramla".
8. Yediot Yerushalayim", issue no. 34, 17.5.1948. Headline: "State of Israel fights the enemy who is attacking from four sides".
9. Issue of Minhelet HaAm, edicts and announcements. Published in Tel-Aviv on 10.5.1948. "Hapoel Hatzair" press, Tel-Aviv, 1948. No other issues were printed.
10. Iton Rishmi, issue no. 1. Printed with authorization granted by the Provisional Government, "Hapoel Hatzair" press, Tel-Aviv, 14.5.1948.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases, folding marks and slight tears at margins of some issues. "Yom HaMedinah" paper in fair condition, with tears at margins and along folding line, and strips of adhesive tape at margins and along the front page folding line. "Yediot Yerushalayim" in fair condition, with long tears at margins.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $5,000
Estimate: $6,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium
Twenty nine newspapers printed on the day of the Declaration of Independence and the following days. Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and other places, 1948. Hebrew, some English and German.
"The newspapers of the year 1948 constitute, it seems, a special corpus. They enable us to glance over our shoulders at those heroic days of 1948, and at Israel fighting for its life… The Zeitgeist (Spirit of the period) rises from the pages" (out of: "A state is born" by Mordechai Naor, published by "Institute for Study of Hebrew Journalism", 1998, p. 2).
The collection includes:
· Seven newspapers from the day of declaration, 14.5.1948: "Yom HaMedinah", a joint newspaper of all of the country's newspapers; Iton HaMagen, issue no. 5. Headline: "From Decision – to Realization"; Mivrak, evening paper, issue no.126, headline: "British Mandate ended, a Jewish State to be established"; Yediot Yerushalayim, published by journalists for readers of "Davar", "Haaretz", "Haboker", "Hamashkif", "Hazofeh", headline: "The Jewish State will be declared Today"; and more.
· Three Newspapers from Saturday evening after the declaration, 15.5.1948: Mivrak, evening paper. Headline: "State of Israel was established"; Iton HaItonaim (paper of journalists). Headline: "First day of the State of Israel"; "Mandate from beginning to end", illustrated supplement published by "Yediot Ma'ariv".
· Eleven newspapers from Sunday following the declaration, 16.5.1948: Davar, issue no. 6946. Headline: "State of Israel was Established"; Haboker, issue no. 3817. Headline: "State of Israel revived"; Yom Yom, issue no. 78. Headline "Latrun and Dir Ayub in the hands of our forces"; Haaretz, issue no. 8729. Headline: "Vision of generations: State of Israel Established"; "Hazofeh" newspaper. Headline: "State of Israel Established – Long live!"; Yediot Yerushalayim, published by journalists for readers of "Davar", "Haaretz", "Haboker", "Hamashkif". Headline: "State of Israel Revived"; Yediot Hayom, issue no. 1089. Headline: "Errichtung des Judenstaates" [establishment of a Jewish State], and more.
· Eight newspapers and periodicals published around the same period: Yediot Achronot, issue no. 3429, dated 12.5.1948. Headline: "British Mandate will end on Saturday at Midnight"; Ashmoret, issue no. (85) 17, dated 13.5.1948. Headline: "On May 15,1948 the State of Israel will be Declared!". Four "Doar Ivri" stamps are pasted on the title page, ink-stamped: "Tel-Aviv, 16.5.1948". Karnenu, issue no. 5, [ca. 6-8,1948]. First issue to the independence of the State of Israel (Hebrew); Hapoel Hatzair, issue no. 34, dated 19.5.1948. The text of the independence scroll and the first manifest appear on the title page; Haboker, issue for children, fifth year, issue no. 37 (245), date 20.5.1948. On the title page appear a colorful illustration by Isa [Isa Hershkovitz], and the writing: "Jewish State was Established" (Hebrew); Kol Yalde Aliyat HaNo'ar, published once a month by and for Aliyat HaNo'ar children in France, issue no. 7, [1948]; and more.
Enclosed: Davar Leyalde She'erit Hapletah, supplement to "Des Vort", issue no. 9, date 20.5.1949; "A state is born…", edited by Mordechai Naor. Published by "The institute for study of Hebrew Journalism, Independence House", Tel-Aviv, 2016.
A detailed list will be sent upon request.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Folding marks, stains, creases and some damages (mostly slight). Tears and open tears, mainly at margins and along folding lines, most of them repaired. Three newspaper are missing pages. The first page of "Hapoel Hatzair" paper from 19.5.1948 may be lacking.
"The newspapers of the year 1948 constitute, it seems, a special corpus. They enable us to glance over our shoulders at those heroic days of 1948, and at Israel fighting for its life… The Zeitgeist (Spirit of the period) rises from the pages" (out of: "A state is born" by Mordechai Naor, published by "Institute for Study of Hebrew Journalism", 1998, p. 2).
The collection includes:
· Seven newspapers from the day of declaration, 14.5.1948: "Yom HaMedinah", a joint newspaper of all of the country's newspapers; Iton HaMagen, issue no. 5. Headline: "From Decision – to Realization"; Mivrak, evening paper, issue no.126, headline: "British Mandate ended, a Jewish State to be established"; Yediot Yerushalayim, published by journalists for readers of "Davar", "Haaretz", "Haboker", "Hamashkif", "Hazofeh", headline: "The Jewish State will be declared Today"; and more.
· Three Newspapers from Saturday evening after the declaration, 15.5.1948: Mivrak, evening paper. Headline: "State of Israel was established"; Iton HaItonaim (paper of journalists). Headline: "First day of the State of Israel"; "Mandate from beginning to end", illustrated supplement published by "Yediot Ma'ariv".
· Eleven newspapers from Sunday following the declaration, 16.5.1948: Davar, issue no. 6946. Headline: "State of Israel was Established"; Haboker, issue no. 3817. Headline: "State of Israel revived"; Yom Yom, issue no. 78. Headline "Latrun and Dir Ayub in the hands of our forces"; Haaretz, issue no. 8729. Headline: "Vision of generations: State of Israel Established"; "Hazofeh" newspaper. Headline: "State of Israel Established – Long live!"; Yediot Yerushalayim, published by journalists for readers of "Davar", "Haaretz", "Haboker", "Hamashkif". Headline: "State of Israel Revived"; Yediot Hayom, issue no. 1089. Headline: "Errichtung des Judenstaates" [establishment of a Jewish State], and more.
· Eight newspapers and periodicals published around the same period: Yediot Achronot, issue no. 3429, dated 12.5.1948. Headline: "British Mandate will end on Saturday at Midnight"; Ashmoret, issue no. (85) 17, dated 13.5.1948. Headline: "On May 15,1948 the State of Israel will be Declared!". Four "Doar Ivri" stamps are pasted on the title page, ink-stamped: "Tel-Aviv, 16.5.1948". Karnenu, issue no. 5, [ca. 6-8,1948]. First issue to the independence of the State of Israel (Hebrew); Hapoel Hatzair, issue no. 34, dated 19.5.1948. The text of the independence scroll and the first manifest appear on the title page; Haboker, issue for children, fifth year, issue no. 37 (245), date 20.5.1948. On the title page appear a colorful illustration by Isa [Isa Hershkovitz], and the writing: "Jewish State was Established" (Hebrew); Kol Yalde Aliyat HaNo'ar, published once a month by and for Aliyat HaNo'ar children in France, issue no. 7, [1948]; and more.
Enclosed: Davar Leyalde She'erit Hapletah, supplement to "Des Vort", issue no. 9, date 20.5.1949; "A state is born…", edited by Mordechai Naor. Published by "The institute for study of Hebrew Journalism, Independence House", Tel-Aviv, 2016.
A detailed list will be sent upon request.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Folding marks, stains, creases and some damages (mostly slight). Tears and open tears, mainly at margins and along folding lines, most of them repaired. Three newspaper are missing pages. The first page of "Hapoel Hatzair" paper from 19.5.1948 may be lacking.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $10,000
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Sold for: $50,000
Including buyer's premium
Seventeen documents, tickets and photographs from the estate of Shlomo Kaddar, one of the organizers and photographers of the ceremony of the Independence Declaration of Israel. Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem, 1948-1953 (most of the items are from 1948).
Diplomat and public figure Shlomo Kaddar (1913-1987) was born in Münster, Germany, to a liberal Jewish family. In his youth, he was attracted to the Zionist movements that flourished in Germany at the time. In 1933, he immigrated to Palestine with "Aliyat HaNo'ar" and was accepted as a member of Kibbutz Na'an. In the early 1940s, he joined the Haganah underground movement where he was appointed a senior guide and served as a commander in the Jerusalem zone. In 1948, prior to the declaration of independence, Kaddar held a senior position in the government secretariat. As such, he was involved in planning and implementing some of the most important events in the early history of the State of Israel: flying the coffin of count Folke Bernadotte to Rhodes, organizing the first IDF military parade and more. The most significant event with which he was involved was the Declaration of Independence of Israel. Kaddar was responsible for preparing and designing the hall in which the ceremony took place, printing the Scroll of Independence for the ceremony participants, and organizing the ceremony itself. When the ceremony ended, Kaddar took the signed vellum Scroll of Independence and deposited it in the safe at the Anglo-Palestine Bank on Herzl Street.
After the establishment of the State of Israel Kaddar turned to a diplomatic career, serving as an Israeli representative in several foreign countries and cities (Paris, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Prague and more) and in senior positions in the Jerusalem Municipality. Kaddar died in 1987 at the age of 73.
The collection includes important documents from the Kaddar Archive, related both to the Declaration of Independence itself and to the period in which it took place:
Documents and photographs from the Declaration of Independence ceremony
1. Draft of the Scroll of Independence, typewritten and duplicated, with four corrections in handwriting (all of which appear in the final version of the scroll) and one interesting typewritten correction: in paragraph 13, concerning the provisional institutes, the text "the provisional state council, and the executive council" was revised and changed to emphasize the hierarchy among the institutes: "The Provisional State council will act as the state council and its executive institute." [3] pp (typewritten on three separate leaves).
2. "Declaration of the Provisional Council, Iyar 5, 5708, May 14, 1948." Brochure with the final version of the text of the Scroll of Independence. Apparently, this document was prepared only a few hours prior to the declaration ceremony by Dorit Rosen, secretary of Ze'ev Scharf, and distributed to participants in the ceremony. (See: Mordechai Naor, "Great Friday, 5 Iyar, 5708", published by "Mikve Israel", 2015, pg 83). 3 pp.
3. Entrance ticket to the ceremony hall, in the name of Shlomo Kaddar, dated May 13, 1948 (one day before the ceremony), with his photograph, ink stamp of the "Haganah" and signature of the authorizing officer.
4. Official invitation to the "Declaration of Independence Session" on behalf of "Minhelet Ha'am" (the Provisional Government), printed on May 13,1948: "[...] We are honored to send you an invitation […] Please keep the content of this invitation secret […]."
5. "Mo’etzet Ha'am, Declaration of Independence Session, Tel-Aviv, May 14, 1948." Entrance ticket to the ceremony, in the name of Shlomo Kaddar. A note is attached with the seat assigned to Kaddar (row 5, seat 3, in the middle).
6-13. Eight black and white photographs from the ceremony, taken, most probably, by Shlomo Kaddar. The photographs are slightly different from the ones taken by the professional photographers who were officially invited to the ceremony (Rudi Wiesenstein, Benno Rothenberg, Hans Pinn and others). They document the ceremony from a different, original and possibly unique perspective: two (different) photographs of David Ben Gurion reading the declaration; Moshe Sharet and David Ben Gurion shaking hands; Golda Meir signing the Scroll of Independence; David Remez signing the Scroll of Independence; Israel Galili and Moshe Sneh during the ceremony; a crowd gathering at the entrance to the Tel-Aviv Museum where the ceremony took place; photographers waiting in the street for the end of the ceremony. Pasted to thick leaves. Enclosed: original cardboard folder.
Items related to later public activities of Shlomo Kaddar:
1. First Knesset, entrance card to the Knesset offices, in the name of Shlomo Kaddar. Ink-stamped: "State of Israel, First Knesset, Secretariat." Handwritten inscription on the upper margins noting the seat assigned to Kaddar in the hall.
2. Membership card in the "Central Elections Committee of the Constituent Assembly" in the name of Shlomo Kaddar, dated January 23, 1949. With portrait photo of Kaddar, ink-stamp of the committee and the signature of the general secretary Moshe Brachmann.
3. Letter dated December 18, 1949, typewritten on official State of Israel letterhead, sent by Avraham Biran (Bergman), district of Jerusalem officer, to Shlomo Kaddar at the Israeli legation in Paris. Ink-stamped by the legation.
4. Letter of greeting from Moshe Sharet to Shlomo Kaddar; handwritten on official Foreign Ministry stationery, dated July 13, 1953.
Total of 17 items. Sizes and conditions vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Private collection, Israel; purchased at Ben-Ami Endres Auctions, Israel, April 1998.
Diplomat and public figure Shlomo Kaddar (1913-1987) was born in Münster, Germany, to a liberal Jewish family. In his youth, he was attracted to the Zionist movements that flourished in Germany at the time. In 1933, he immigrated to Palestine with "Aliyat HaNo'ar" and was accepted as a member of Kibbutz Na'an. In the early 1940s, he joined the Haganah underground movement where he was appointed a senior guide and served as a commander in the Jerusalem zone. In 1948, prior to the declaration of independence, Kaddar held a senior position in the government secretariat. As such, he was involved in planning and implementing some of the most important events in the early history of the State of Israel: flying the coffin of count Folke Bernadotte to Rhodes, organizing the first IDF military parade and more. The most significant event with which he was involved was the Declaration of Independence of Israel. Kaddar was responsible for preparing and designing the hall in which the ceremony took place, printing the Scroll of Independence for the ceremony participants, and organizing the ceremony itself. When the ceremony ended, Kaddar took the signed vellum Scroll of Independence and deposited it in the safe at the Anglo-Palestine Bank on Herzl Street.
After the establishment of the State of Israel Kaddar turned to a diplomatic career, serving as an Israeli representative in several foreign countries and cities (Paris, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Prague and more) and in senior positions in the Jerusalem Municipality. Kaddar died in 1987 at the age of 73.
The collection includes important documents from the Kaddar Archive, related both to the Declaration of Independence itself and to the period in which it took place:
Documents and photographs from the Declaration of Independence ceremony
1. Draft of the Scroll of Independence, typewritten and duplicated, with four corrections in handwriting (all of which appear in the final version of the scroll) and one interesting typewritten correction: in paragraph 13, concerning the provisional institutes, the text "the provisional state council, and the executive council" was revised and changed to emphasize the hierarchy among the institutes: "The Provisional State council will act as the state council and its executive institute." [3] pp (typewritten on three separate leaves).
2. "Declaration of the Provisional Council, Iyar 5, 5708, May 14, 1948." Brochure with the final version of the text of the Scroll of Independence. Apparently, this document was prepared only a few hours prior to the declaration ceremony by Dorit Rosen, secretary of Ze'ev Scharf, and distributed to participants in the ceremony. (See: Mordechai Naor, "Great Friday, 5 Iyar, 5708", published by "Mikve Israel", 2015, pg 83). 3 pp.
3. Entrance ticket to the ceremony hall, in the name of Shlomo Kaddar, dated May 13, 1948 (one day before the ceremony), with his photograph, ink stamp of the "Haganah" and signature of the authorizing officer.
4. Official invitation to the "Declaration of Independence Session" on behalf of "Minhelet Ha'am" (the Provisional Government), printed on May 13,1948: "[...] We are honored to send you an invitation […] Please keep the content of this invitation secret […]."
5. "Mo’etzet Ha'am, Declaration of Independence Session, Tel-Aviv, May 14, 1948." Entrance ticket to the ceremony, in the name of Shlomo Kaddar. A note is attached with the seat assigned to Kaddar (row 5, seat 3, in the middle).
6-13. Eight black and white photographs from the ceremony, taken, most probably, by Shlomo Kaddar. The photographs are slightly different from the ones taken by the professional photographers who were officially invited to the ceremony (Rudi Wiesenstein, Benno Rothenberg, Hans Pinn and others). They document the ceremony from a different, original and possibly unique perspective: two (different) photographs of David Ben Gurion reading the declaration; Moshe Sharet and David Ben Gurion shaking hands; Golda Meir signing the Scroll of Independence; David Remez signing the Scroll of Independence; Israel Galili and Moshe Sneh during the ceremony; a crowd gathering at the entrance to the Tel-Aviv Museum where the ceremony took place; photographers waiting in the street for the end of the ceremony. Pasted to thick leaves. Enclosed: original cardboard folder.
Items related to later public activities of Shlomo Kaddar:
1. First Knesset, entrance card to the Knesset offices, in the name of Shlomo Kaddar. Ink-stamped: "State of Israel, First Knesset, Secretariat." Handwritten inscription on the upper margins noting the seat assigned to Kaddar in the hall.
2. Membership card in the "Central Elections Committee of the Constituent Assembly" in the name of Shlomo Kaddar, dated January 23, 1949. With portrait photo of Kaddar, ink-stamp of the committee and the signature of the general secretary Moshe Brachmann.
3. Letter dated December 18, 1949, typewritten on official State of Israel letterhead, sent by Avraham Biran (Bergman), district of Jerusalem officer, to Shlomo Kaddar at the Israeli legation in Paris. Ink-stamped by the legation.
4. Letter of greeting from Moshe Sharet to Shlomo Kaddar; handwritten on official Foreign Ministry stationery, dated July 13, 1953.
Total of 17 items. Sizes and conditions vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Private collection, Israel; purchased at Ben-Ami Endres Auctions, Israel, April 1998.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $300,000
Estimate: $500,000 - $800,000
Unsold
This lot was withdrawn from the auction.
Unique recording, never published, of Menachem Begin's speech on 6 Iyar 1948, one day after the establishment of the State of Israel.
On Saturday night, 6 Iyar (15 May) 1948, the evening of the first day of Israel's independence, Menachem Begin delivered a speech on the Irgun's underground radio station, "Kol Tzion HaLochemet" ("Voice of Fighting Zion"). In this speech, which constitutes a kind of alternative "Declaration of Independence" instead of the one delivered by Ben-Gurion, Begin addresses the dismantling of the paramilitary groups, the need for a strong and well-trained army, the essential foreign policy with the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R., repatriation of Jews, and more. In fact, in this speech he lay down the ideological foundations of the party he was about to form – the Herut Movement.
This was Menachem Begin's first public speech since he had gone underground, and the last broadcast of the "Kol Tzion HaLochemet" station (after Begin's speech it was immediately changed to "Kol HaHerut" – "The Voice of Freedom").
Due to reasons that have yet to be clarified, Begin's associates decided to archive the speech recording immediately after its broadcast. The text of the speech familiar today (the "Reddening Sunrise" speech) is based on an early draft that is different from the broadcast speech. The current recording was preserved, though it was believed to have been lost, and it allows us to hear the words of one of the most prominent leaders in Israel's history, as broadcast in an emotional speech to the citizens of Israel at the establishment of the State.
In his time Begin was considered a masterful speaker. Throughout his political career he delivered speeches that became etched in the Israeli national consciousness, such as his speech against the agreement to receive reparations from Germany, the speech during an election rally in 1981 (in response to the "Riffraff Speech"), the speech following Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel and other speeches.
The present recording constitutes an example of Begin's captivating style and great talent. Though he was not speaking before a crowd but rather into a microphone in a closed room, the pathos and excitement in his voice are palpable, unlike the recording made years later in which he reads the speech in a merely informative manner.
At the beginning of the speech Begin makes a kind of "second proclamation" of the state's establishment: "The State of Israel has been founded, and it has been founded 'only thus' ["Only Thus" was the slogan of the Irgun]: with blood and fire, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with suffering and sacrifice"; further on Begin speaks of the Hebrew army and the Jewish fighters: "The Hebrew army can and must be one of the best-trained and excellent armies in the world… what is the spirit of our fighters? This was shown by all of the Hebrew youth, the youth of the Hagana, of Lehi and of the Irgun… the likes of which no generation in the generations of Israel, from Bar-Kokhba to the Bilu'im, had ever seen"; and of the dismantling of the Irgun: "The National Military Organization [Irgun] now leaves behind its underground existence in the boundaries of the independent Jewish state… in the State of Israel we shall be soldiers and builders. We shall observe its laws, since they are our laws. We shall respect its government, since it is our government. Only beware of the Hebrew government… lest it itself create… a new underground movement".
Begin often deviates from the written text for emphasis, repetition and expansion, and in certain places he even adds entire paragraphs that were not printed in the known published version – such as the role of the Hebrew mother in founding the state: "Heroic daughter of Israel, who shall tell of your heroism. For we have known your tears in the night… Hannah and her seven sons is no longer a legend, you are Hannah, thousands of Hannahs…"; the historical suffering of the Jewish people: "This mighty event has transpired after seventy generations, seventy generations of dispersion, disarmament, enslavement, of endless wandering and persecution…"; the contribution of the United States to the state's founding; and more.
The Story of the Present Recording
Two days prior to Begin's speech on "Kol Tzion Ha'Lochemet", an emissary on behalf of Ben-Gurion arrived at the Irgun's headquarters in the Freud Hospital in Tel Aviv and delivered Ben-Gurion's request to see the draft of Begin's speech, apparently in order to coordinate between the state proclamation speeches of the two leaders. At first Begin agreed to the request, but following the opposition of his colleagues in the Irgun command he was obliged to reject it.
This significant event is not documented in the literature dealing with the establishment of the state, nor is it mentioned in Ben-Gurion's writings. It is briefly mentioned only in Begin's book, "The Revolt":
"We decided that if the proclamation establishing a government is published on Friday, the statement of the Irgun would be delivered to the public on the following day, on Saturday night, 6 Iyar 1948. However, a day or two earlier… a personal emissary from Ben-Gurion arrived at our headquarters wishing to inform me that the Chairman of the Jewish Agency asked to see the text of the speech I was about to broadcast. We may assume – and perhaps understand – that Mr. Ben-Gurion had reasons for showing early interest in the Irgun's public statement. Also, his request was delivered in a good spirit. I had no reason to withhold our position from the future Prime Minister of the Provisional Government; I therefore agreed to provide him with the text of the speech after preparing it. However my associates thought my agreement was unjustified. I accepted their opinion. Ben-Gurion's emissary was answered in the negative, and I have no regrets about this. I do have regrets regarding another matter involving the content of my speech". ("The Revolt", Menachem Begin. Tel Aviv: Ahiasaf, 2003, pp. 504-505).
On Saturday night, 6 Iyar 1948, at 8 pm, Menachem Begin addressed the microphone, and in a live broadcast on the Irgun's radio station, delivered his speech to the nation in an excited voice. He read the speech from a draft written in advance, yet during the speech he deviated from the written version, inserting many changes and additions.
According to several accounts, Begin was tense on the day of the speech's broadcast. The reason for the tension was not only the significance of the event, but also various issues involving the content of the speech. Apparently, Begin was angry about changes made in the version he had written in advance.
Begin's entire speech was etched on records, but after the broadcast a decision was taken by the Irgun command to archive the recording and publish only the version of the speech Begin had written prior to the broadcast. This text was printed in a booklet published by the Irgun, and about four years later a new recording was made, of Begin reading the speech from the written text. The reason for archiving the original recording remains unknown, and may have to do with the issue in the speech's content regarding which Begin speaks with regret in his book "The Revolt" (see above). In fact, the version of the speech broadcast on "Kol Zion Ha'Lochemet" has not been documented or published previously. The present copy of Begin's recorded speech, as it was broadcast on the radio, was preserved despite the decision to destroy the recording.
In the early 1970s this copy reached the hands of the present owner's father, given to him by a person who was among the operators of the radio station on the night of the speech's broadcast. This individual revealed the story of the recording and asked that his identity remain secret and that the recording be published not before 20 years had passed since Begin's death. According to the receiver, this is what the man told him: "After the speech there was an argument and the commander demanded that only the speech he had written two days earlier be published. The other members agreed to his demand and someone decided that if so, the records should be discarded… in 1948 I did something I felt I had to do and I'm not sorry, it would have been a crime not to preserve it. So I have it! And four years later, when I could and it was possible, I copied the records onto a machine with a paper spool and it was only then that I got rid of them, as I had promised to do. None of my friends knew I had the recording… To this day no one mentions the recording from '48, as if it never existed. If they knew I had it, they'd go crazy. That's why, all these years, I did not sleep well at night… take it, save what you can and preserve it for future generations. Don't tell anyone about it yet and only twenty years after Begin's passing, do what you will with it, but remember, his friends won't like it, so perhaps wait even longer".
Indeed, the recording was preserved, in secret, for 32 years, and following the request of Begin's close friends it was not published for 12 more years after they learned of its existence.
Menachem Begin and David Ben-Gurion
The rivalry between David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin, the founders of Israel's two ruling parties, was known as one of the most bitter and fundamental rivalries in the country's history. Ben-Gurion, who was hostile to the Revisionist Zionism movement for many years, first learned of Begin's existence in 1944, after the former was appointed commander of the Irgun. In a meeting meant to ease relations between the factions, held in that year, major differences of opinion were found to exist regarding the struggle against the British, and a short time after the meeting's collapse the "Saison" period began – the Hagana's operation to investigate and turn in members of the Irgun.
Tensions between the two leaders came to a head about five weeks after the establishment of the State of Israel, with the Altalena affair, which was the most violent open confrontation between IDF and Irgun forces. At the center of the affair was the ship Altalena, which reached Israel's shores with 940 immigrants and a large stash of weapons. In opposition to David Ben-Gurion's orders, Menachem Begin refused to turn the weapons over to the IDF, insisting on transferring part of them to Irgun forces in Jerusalem.
On the morning of 22 June 1948 Ben Gurion ordered the IDF's Chief of Staff, Yigael Yadin, "To take all the steps necessary… to force the ship into unconditional surrender", and after a short ultimatum the Altalena was shelled with heavy fire and burst into flames. Menachem Begin, who was aboard the ship, ordered his men to refrain completely from exchanging fire, so as to prevent a "civil war".
After the establishment of Israel the rivalry between the two men took on a political character; in addition they became personally acquainted. Their relationship was rocky, but eventually Ben-Gurion completely changed his opinion of Begin, showed appreciation of him and would even invite him to personal meetings in order to exchange opinions and ideas. On the eve of the Six-Day War Begin travelled to Sde Boker with the intention of persuading David Ben-Gurion to return to the post of Prime Minister, and at the end of the meeting Ben-Gurion said: "If I had known Begin as I know him today, history would have been different".
Begin's meeting with Ben-Gurion's emissary prior to the proclamation of the state raises the possibility that already in 1948, the opportunity for collaboration and acquaintance between the two leaders had appeared. Perhaps if Begin had agreed to the request to reveal his speech to Ben-Gurion, different political relations might have developed between them, and perhaps some of the historical consequences of their rivalry might have been avoided.
Begin's speech lasted about half an hour. The speech contains ten segments etched on five records, on both sides, with each segment about 3 minutes long – totaling about 30 minutes. Later the records were transferred to a recording spool made of thin paper, which deteriorated with time, and in the early 1970s they were transferred to a new, magnetic recording spool which was coiled inside the original metal container in which the first paper spool was kept.
Enclosed:
1. Confirmation of the transfer of the recording's ownership to the buyer of the item.
2. Digital recording of the speech.
3. Transcription of the recorded speech, with markings where additions and omissions were made in comparison to the published text.
4. The booklet "Address of the Chief Commander of the National Military Organization to the People of Zion" (Jerusalem, 1948). Hebrew.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $3,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
"First Day of Hebrew Post". Minister Sheet (souvenir sheet) - with the first nine stamps of the State of Israel, May 16, 1948.
Nine "Do'ar Ivri" postage stamps, in the value of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50, 250, 500 and 1000 Mils, pasted on an official souvenir-sheet on top of which appears the printed caption "Iyar 7, 5708, 16.5.1948" and "Do'ar Ivri" and on the bottom part – "Hayom HaRishon Shel HaDo'ar HaIvri" (first day of Hebrew post). Stamped with six postal stamps from Tel-Aviv, May 16, 1948.
This souvenir sheet is named "Minister Sheet" since it was distributed to ministers and to VIP's. In its first edition only 40 copies were printed, on thick yellowish paper, and the stamps were pasted on them between midnight and the morning of May 16, 1948.
Since all of the stamps qualified for sale were already sent to the post offices, it was decided to use for these sheets experimental stamps, or stamps which were especially perforated in Perf. 10 line; as a result, on some of the sheets appear stamps with particularly rare perforations.
This sheet includes stamps in the value of 1000 and 250 Mils with a rare perforation of 10X10; a 15 Mils stamp with a very rare perforation of 10¾; stamps in the value of 50, 10 and 3 Mils with a perforation of 10X11; the 3, 50 and 250 Mils stamps have perf. 10 line on the bottom of the tab (which does not exist in regular stamps). In addition, the 250 Mils stamp was printed on thin yellow paper.
26 X 21.5 cm. Good condition.
Enclosed is a certificate of authenticity.
Nine "Do'ar Ivri" postage stamps, in the value of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50, 250, 500 and 1000 Mils, pasted on an official souvenir-sheet on top of which appears the printed caption "Iyar 7, 5708, 16.5.1948" and "Do'ar Ivri" and on the bottom part – "Hayom HaRishon Shel HaDo'ar HaIvri" (first day of Hebrew post). Stamped with six postal stamps from Tel-Aviv, May 16, 1948.
This souvenir sheet is named "Minister Sheet" since it was distributed to ministers and to VIP's. In its first edition only 40 copies were printed, on thick yellowish paper, and the stamps were pasted on them between midnight and the morning of May 16, 1948.
Since all of the stamps qualified for sale were already sent to the post offices, it was decided to use for these sheets experimental stamps, or stamps which were especially perforated in Perf. 10 line; as a result, on some of the sheets appear stamps with particularly rare perforations.
This sheet includes stamps in the value of 1000 and 250 Mils with a rare perforation of 10X10; a 15 Mils stamp with a very rare perforation of 10¾; stamps in the value of 50, 10 and 3 Mils with a perforation of 10X11; the 3, 50 and 250 Mils stamps have perf. 10 line on the bottom of the tab (which does not exist in regular stamps). In addition, the 250 Mils stamp was printed on thin yellow paper.
26 X 21.5 cm. Good condition.
Enclosed is a certificate of authenticity.
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Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
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![Three letters handwritten by the poet Zelda [Zelda Schneersohn-Mishkovsky], addressed to her relative, the young man David Zv](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale63-public/191_1.jpg "Three Letters by the Poet Zelda – 1930s-40s")
![Three letters handwritten by the poet Zelda [Zelda Schneersohn-Mishkovsky], addressed to her relative, the young man David Zv](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale63-public/191_2.jpg "Three Letters by the Poet Zelda – 1930s-40s")
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $1,200
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Three letters handwritten by the poet Zelda [Zelda Schneersohn-Mishkovsky], addressed to her relative, the young man David Zvi Hillman and his family. [Jerusalem, 1930s-40s].
Warm, personal letters, full of good wishes. Zelda calls the young man "David my dear" and writes in a gentle and tender manner: "I have not written you for a long while, however, I have prayed in my heart for your happiness… you are truly good and have been created to give joy and to receive love and holiness".
Zelda begs him "Do not err… and think otherwise about yourself" and writes that "The worst and darkest sin of man is to think badly of himself…".
She ends the letter with: "Love the G-dliness within yourself and your abilities... I believe in your strengths and future. Yours from the depths, Zelda".
In another letter, apparently sent in honor of David Zvi's bar-mitzvah, she writes: "Today, you are an adult, be strong and take courage, young man. It is very difficult to be an adult. You and I are friends, David, and I now pray for you like I pray for myself, G-d should grant you a pure heart and a blessed creative life. Life can and should be precious and glorious…".
She extends this letter with a letter of good wishes (on a separate leaf): "To you, Mother Devora".
Another letter is written to "Grandmother, Mother and Father" with good wishes in honor of "The time David reaches adulthood": "My heart sends you more and more good wishes, blessing which are not written and are like prayers…".
The poet Zelda (Shayna Zelda) Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914-1984), member of the Schneersohn family of Chabad rebbes. At the age of 11, she immigrated to Jerusalem together with her parents and her maternal grandfather, R. David Zvi Chen (a leading Chabad rabbi). A short while after their aliya, her father and grandfather died and she and her mother were left bereft without support. These long years of orphanhood left a strong imprint on her poetry.
In 1950, she wed Aryeh Mishkovsky (son of R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky Rabbi of Krynki). For many years, she earned her livelihood from teaching, avoiding the limelight. Although she wrote poetry and stories in her formative years, her first compilation of poetry was only published in 1967 at the age of 53. This anthology was acclaimed as soon as it was published, raising its author to new heights in the world of Hebrew poetry.
The recipient of these letters, David Zvi Hillman (1926-2010), was the son of Zelda's cousin Devorah. He grew to be an outstanding Torah scholar and a renowned Torah researcher (he edited a number of works by Rishonim, was one of the head publishers of the Shabtai Frankel edition of the Rambam, wrote important articles and published the book Igrot Ba'al HaTanya U'vnei Doro, Jerusalem, 1953).
[5] leaves ([6] written pages). 18.5 cm. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Folding marks. Few stains.
Warm, personal letters, full of good wishes. Zelda calls the young man "David my dear" and writes in a gentle and tender manner: "I have not written you for a long while, however, I have prayed in my heart for your happiness… you are truly good and have been created to give joy and to receive love and holiness".
Zelda begs him "Do not err… and think otherwise about yourself" and writes that "The worst and darkest sin of man is to think badly of himself…".
She ends the letter with: "Love the G-dliness within yourself and your abilities... I believe in your strengths and future. Yours from the depths, Zelda".
In another letter, apparently sent in honor of David Zvi's bar-mitzvah, she writes: "Today, you are an adult, be strong and take courage, young man. It is very difficult to be an adult. You and I are friends, David, and I now pray for you like I pray for myself, G-d should grant you a pure heart and a blessed creative life. Life can and should be precious and glorious…".
She extends this letter with a letter of good wishes (on a separate leaf): "To you, Mother Devora".
Another letter is written to "Grandmother, Mother and Father" with good wishes in honor of "The time David reaches adulthood": "My heart sends you more and more good wishes, blessing which are not written and are like prayers…".
The poet Zelda (Shayna Zelda) Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914-1984), member of the Schneersohn family of Chabad rebbes. At the age of 11, she immigrated to Jerusalem together with her parents and her maternal grandfather, R. David Zvi Chen (a leading Chabad rabbi). A short while after their aliya, her father and grandfather died and she and her mother were left bereft without support. These long years of orphanhood left a strong imprint on her poetry.
In 1950, she wed Aryeh Mishkovsky (son of R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky Rabbi of Krynki). For many years, she earned her livelihood from teaching, avoiding the limelight. Although she wrote poetry and stories in her formative years, her first compilation of poetry was only published in 1967 at the age of 53. This anthology was acclaimed as soon as it was published, raising its author to new heights in the world of Hebrew poetry.
The recipient of these letters, David Zvi Hillman (1926-2010), was the son of Zelda's cousin Devorah. He grew to be an outstanding Torah scholar and a renowned Torah researcher (he edited a number of works by Rishonim, was one of the head publishers of the Shabtai Frankel edition of the Rambam, wrote important articles and published the book Igrot Ba'al HaTanya U'vnei Doro, Jerusalem, 1953).
[5] leaves ([6] written pages). 18.5 cm. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Folding marks. Few stains.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $2,500
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for: $68,750
Including buyer's premium
Collection of items related to the song "Jerusalem of Gold", including a leaf with the song's lyrics in Shemer's handwriting, the song's sheet music in handwriting, and a printed booklet with Shemer's signature.
The song "Jerusalem of Gold" was written by Shemer for the 1967 National Song Festival following a request by Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek, addressed to several songwriters, including Shemer, to compose a special song dedicated to Jerusalem. A few weeks after the debut performance of the song at the Song Festival (on Independence Day), the Six-Day War broke out. In a telegraph Kollek sent to Shemer he wrote: "All the IDF soldiers stationed in Jerusalem and its surroundings, and all the capital's residents, are always singing 'Jerusalem of Gold'. With the change in the city's borders, we ask that you add another, uplifting verse to the song".
Shemer, who at the time was in the Sinai Desert with an army band, heard IDF soldiers singing the song on the radio and added a new verse in which she compared the pre-war atmosphere to the post-war one. With "Jerusalem of Gold" Shemer became for many the "national songwriter". It is considered one of the most beloved Hebrew songs of all times among the world's Jews, and one of the most famous ones.
Naomi Shemer (1930-2004) composed many songs that joined the canon of Israeli culture. When she was awarded the Israel Prize for Hebrew Song in 1983, the judges' committee wrote that "her songs are on everyone's lips thanks to their poetic and musical quality, the wonderful fusion of word and melody and the expression they give to the sentiments of the people."
1. Leaf in the handwriting of Naomi Shemer, with the lyrics of "Jerusalem of Gold", including the verse added to the song after the Six-Day War. [June 1967].
The song's verses are written in four columns separated by lines; at the bottom is the refrain.
A copy of the handwritten song that is almost entirely identical to the present copy was printed by Shemer as the song's original and official handwritten version in June 1967 (see below). Apparently the two copies were written at the same time.
19.5 X 13.5 cm. Good overall condition. Folding marks. Foxing.
2. Leaf of sheet music with the notes to "Jerusalem of Gold" written in pencil on both sides of the leaf. At the top of the leaf is the title "Jerusalem of Gold – Naomi Shemer" in Shemer's handwriting. Handwritten notes appear on the leaf margins: "play one octave higher", "change at the end of the song", "or mezzo, the same chord".
17 X 24.5 cm. Good overall condition. Slight tears and creases. Stains. Tearing marks to left margins.
3. Printed booklet with the lyrics of "Jerusalem of Gold" in Hebrew and in Latin transcription. Self-published – "All rights reserved by Naomi Shemer", Arieli Press, Tel Aviv, [June] 1967.
Printed bristol sheet, folded in half, with a photocopy of the song in Shemer's handwriting (the copy appearing in this booklet is almost entirely identical to the copy of the song described above, no. 1), notes and transcription of the lyrics (not including the additional verse) in Latin letters. On the booklet's front cover is Shemer's signature, in pen, dated 13 July 1967. The Naomi Shemer Archive at the NLI contains a copy of this booklet with Shemer's dedication to her mother, dated 28 June 1967, attesting that the booklet was printed shortly after the song's additional verse was written, during the month of June.
Folded booklet, 12.5 X 17 cm. Good condition. Some stains.
The song "Jerusalem of Gold" was written by Shemer for the 1967 National Song Festival following a request by Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek, addressed to several songwriters, including Shemer, to compose a special song dedicated to Jerusalem. A few weeks after the debut performance of the song at the Song Festival (on Independence Day), the Six-Day War broke out. In a telegraph Kollek sent to Shemer he wrote: "All the IDF soldiers stationed in Jerusalem and its surroundings, and all the capital's residents, are always singing 'Jerusalem of Gold'. With the change in the city's borders, we ask that you add another, uplifting verse to the song".
Shemer, who at the time was in the Sinai Desert with an army band, heard IDF soldiers singing the song on the radio and added a new verse in which she compared the pre-war atmosphere to the post-war one. With "Jerusalem of Gold" Shemer became for many the "national songwriter". It is considered one of the most beloved Hebrew songs of all times among the world's Jews, and one of the most famous ones.
Naomi Shemer (1930-2004) composed many songs that joined the canon of Israeli culture. When she was awarded the Israel Prize for Hebrew Song in 1983, the judges' committee wrote that "her songs are on everyone's lips thanks to their poetic and musical quality, the wonderful fusion of word and melody and the expression they give to the sentiments of the people."
1. Leaf in the handwriting of Naomi Shemer, with the lyrics of "Jerusalem of Gold", including the verse added to the song after the Six-Day War. [June 1967].
The song's verses are written in four columns separated by lines; at the bottom is the refrain.
A copy of the handwritten song that is almost entirely identical to the present copy was printed by Shemer as the song's original and official handwritten version in June 1967 (see below). Apparently the two copies were written at the same time.
19.5 X 13.5 cm. Good overall condition. Folding marks. Foxing.
2. Leaf of sheet music with the notes to "Jerusalem of Gold" written in pencil on both sides of the leaf. At the top of the leaf is the title "Jerusalem of Gold – Naomi Shemer" in Shemer's handwriting. Handwritten notes appear on the leaf margins: "play one octave higher", "change at the end of the song", "or mezzo, the same chord".
17 X 24.5 cm. Good overall condition. Slight tears and creases. Stains. Tearing marks to left margins.
3. Printed booklet with the lyrics of "Jerusalem of Gold" in Hebrew and in Latin transcription. Self-published – "All rights reserved by Naomi Shemer", Arieli Press, Tel Aviv, [June] 1967.
Printed bristol sheet, folded in half, with a photocopy of the song in Shemer's handwriting (the copy appearing in this booklet is almost entirely identical to the copy of the song described above, no. 1), notes and transcription of the lyrics (not including the additional verse) in Latin letters. On the booklet's front cover is Shemer's signature, in pen, dated 13 July 1967. The Naomi Shemer Archive at the NLI contains a copy of this booklet with Shemer's dedication to her mother, dated 28 June 1967, attesting that the booklet was printed shortly after the song's additional verse was written, during the month of June.
Folded booklet, 12.5 X 17 cm. Good condition. Some stains.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
November 13, 2018
Opening: $3,500
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Unsold
This lot has been withdrawn from the auction.
A collection of about 320 original caricatures (ink on paper), by the illustrators and caricaturists Adar Darian, Ya'akov Shilo and "Ze'ev" (Ya'akov Farkash). Israel, ca. 1965-1973.
A rich collection of caricatures depicting in a sophisticated and critical manner a variety of subjects – current, political and social – which preoccupied the Israeli daily newspapers and Israeli citizens during the 1960s-70s, created by some of the leading Israeli caricaturists.
The collection includes caricatures that were published in the newspapers "Davar" and "Haaretz" and deal, among other things, with the War of Attrition, The French embargo on Israel, elections to the sixth Knesset, the 1960s economic recession, the relationships between Ben-Gurion and Levi Eshkol, irregularities concerning the health system and "Kol Israel", the relationships between Golda Meir and President Nixon, the Six Day War, Israel-Germany relations, peace talks in the Middle East (Rogers Plan), as well as international issues such as the Vietnam War, the Chinese-Soviet Split, Military coup d'état in Iraq, and more.
The collection includes:
· About 237 caricatures (228 are signed) by Adar Darian (1931-2015), Israeli caricaturist, graphic designer and illustrator, born in Romania, winner of the "Golden Pencil" award for 2012.
· About 59 caricatures (signed) by Ya'akov Shilo (born in Gedera, 1937), caricaturist and illustrator, winner of the "Golden Pencil" award for 2009.
· About 24 caricatures (Signed) by "Ze'ev" – Ya'akov Farkash (1923-2002), caricaturist and illustrator, winner of the Sokolow Journalism Award (1981) and Israel Prize for Communications and Journalism (1993).
· A number of unidentified caricatures (one by Gershon Apfel).
On the margins of the caricatures appear instructions for the printer (in pen and pencil) as well as ink-stamps of the newspapers in which they were published.
Total of about 320 caricatures. Size varies, approx. 14.5 X 21.5 cm to approx. 25 X 35 cm. Good overall condition. Stains to some (among them ink stains from preparations for print), folding marks and creases. Pasted pieces of paper (original). Pen and pencil inscriptions.
Category
Zionism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue