Five anthologies of songs (with musical notes) and various texts, including an anthology of Passover and spring songs, printed for Jewish soldiers in the British army during World War II. Egypt, Italy, and elsewhere, ca. 1943-1944. Hebrew. 1. "Shirey Pesach VeAviv [Passover and Spring Songs]", collected by Eliyahu Goldenberg. Issued by the Senior Jewish Chaplain M.E.F. (publication information on top of first page: "Senior Jewish Chaplain M.E.F. c/o headquarters 17 area M.E.F."). 1943. Five pages (stapled together), containing songs for the Passover Seder; some taken from the Haggadah, others from the modern Eretz Israel Passover Seder. Most of the songs are accompanied by musical notes. With illustrations. [5] ff., 33 cm. Good condition. 2-4. Three anthologies of songs and various texts: • "Al Yad HaPyramidot […]", published by the Art Department of the Chief Military Rabbinate, Cairo. • "Tochnit Heh, Erev Shabbat BaAyara", edited by Eliyahu Goldenberg. Published by the Senior Jewish Chaplain M.E.F, 1944. • "Erev HaZemer 'Ey Sham'", 6th program, edited by Eliyahu Goldenberg. Published by the Senior Jewish Chaplain M.E.F, 1944. Number of pages varies, 33 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. 5. "Leket Shirim LeYaldey Gola, Shay MeHayalim Ivrim". Anthology of songs, published by "Hahayal Ha'Ivri" – a biweekly journal of the 178 General Transport Coy. (dated: "Spring 1944, Italy"). [1], 105 pp., 15 cm. Good condition. One leaf detached.

Special Order of the Day, broadside issued by the Allied Mediterranean headquarters. May 2nd, 1945. English. Special Order of the Day by British Field marshal Harold Rupert Alexander (signed in print), congratulating soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean theatre on their victory of the Italian campaign (on May 2nd, the last of Allied forces in Italy surrendered). [1] f., 20 cm. Stains. Minute tears to edges. Fold lines and some stains.

Some 115 postcards related to the Dreyfus affair. Various publishers, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy [late 19th and early 20th centuries]. Some postcards with undivided backs. The collection includes postcards issued by Dreyfus's supporters, plus a handful representing the anti-Dreyfusards, featuring political cartoons, illustrations, and photographs. Including: portraits of Dreyfus, Emile Zola, Ferdinand Esterhazy, and other figures related to the affair; a number of antisemitic caricatures; "Real-photo" postcards of Dreyfus's exoneration ceremony following his acquittal; and more. Many Dreyfus-related postcards, bearing multiple photographs and illustrations, were printed throughout the Affair, representing various developments in the case. Some postcards sided with Dreyfus, while others were hostile to him. The postcards gradually gained popularity and served as an important propaganda tool. As a whole, they were instrumental in molding public opinion regarding the Affair. Approx. 115 postcards, including duplicates. Approx. 38 postcards were used. Condition varies. Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French Jewish army officer, spuriously convicted of treason. Suspicions of fabricated evidence, false testimonies, and a travesty of justice resulted in an outpouring of protest unprecedented in French history. Over time, the subject came to be known as "the Dreyfus affair." Alfred Dreyfus was born in the city of Mulhouse in the Alsace region of France. At age 11, he witnessed the invasion of his hometown by the German army. The experience had a profound impact upon him, and gave him the determination to enlist as a French soldier, which he did in 1877. Dreyfus was accepted to the officers' training course in Fontainbleu, ascended through the ranks, and, in 1893, became the only Jewish officer to attain membership in the French army's General Staff. Shortly after his entry into the General Staff, the French Secret Service uncovered a torn-up note (which later became known as "the bordereau"), sent clandestinely by a French officer to German forces, disclosing highly classified military documents. The French establishment was quick to point an accusing finger at Dreyfus – again, the sole Jewish officer in the General Staff. Dreyfus was immediately arrested and interrogated harshly, without ever being informed of the exact nature of the charges against him. His interrogators went as far as attempting to persuade him to preserve his honor by committing suicide. Following a hastily expedited court martial procedure conducted behind closed doors, Dreyfus was sentenced to life imprisonment and exile on Devil's Island. At the time of his degradation ceremony, whereupon Dreyfus's army rank was canceled, he cried: "Soldiers, they are canceling the rank of an innocent man. Soldiers, they are humiliating an innocent man. Long live France! Long live its army!" Notwithstanding efforts on the part of the French authorities to cover up Dreyfus's story and keep it out of the public eye, it somehow managed to leak to the newspapers and stir up a major outcry that would tear France into two opposing camps, pro- and anti-Dreyfus. The struggle between the camps was unprecedented in scope, and resulted in the publication of countless articles, posters, postcards, and propaganda sheets, all with the purpose of influencing French public opinion. The climax of the Affair came in January 1898 with the publication of the article entitled "J'Accuse" ["I Accuse"] by Émile Zola, one of France's most celebrated authors. The article was worded as an open letter to the President of the French Republic, and assumed the form of an unmitigated attack on the French establishment, the courts, the army, and dozens of public figures and other "bad actors" who took part in Alfred Dreyfus's incrimination process. Publication of the article caused the Affair to reverberate well beyond France's borders; once it began reaching foreign newspapers, it sparked a wave of protests in Belgium, England, Italy, and the United States, and in a few places, the police were called upon to provide security for French embassies. In response to mounting pressure, French President Émile Loubet decided to grant Dreyfus a full pardon, and on September 19, 1899, the decree was signed. In 1903, following a transfer of power in France, a new investigation was launched of all those involved in the Affair, which exposed all the false testimonies and all the miscarriages of justice. This fresh examination resulted in a statement declaring Dreyfus to be completely innocent. A formal exoneration was granted in 1906; Dreyfus was rehabilitated, reinstated into the ranks of the army, and decorated with the title of "Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor."

Le gens du ‘Bloc' [People of the ‘Bloc'], by the anti-Semitic political cartoonist "Bruno." Booklets 1 and 2 (apparently, no additional booklets were published). Paris: Librairie Antijuive / Librairie Antisemite, 1903 and 1904. French. Two booklets of political cartoons, of the series "Le gens du ‘Bloc, '" propaganda against the left-wing coalition (the so-called "Bloc") that had gained power in the course of the Dreyfus affair, and eventually brought about Dreyfus's full exoneration and rehabilitation. With caricatures of the main characters in the Affair – Alfred Dreyfus, Emile Zola, Jean Jaurès, Prime Minister Emile Combes, cabinet ministers belonging the "Bloc" coalition, and others. One of the cartoons features Theodor Herzl. 1. "Autour du Cabinet – Les gens du ‘Bloc.'" Published by Librairie Antisemite. 1903. With introduction by Édouard Drumont (1844-1917), founder and editor of the anti-Semitic newspaper "La Libre Parole"; and with an antisemitic poem by François Coppée (1842-1908). [13] ff. (including front cover), approx. 37.5X27.5 cm. Back cover missing. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several tears to edges. Small open tears to three last leaves (with minor damage to print). Strip of adhesive tape to length of spine. 2. "Chéquards, Pochards, Mouchards – Les gens du ‘Bloc' (2e Série)." Published by Librairie Antijuive. 1904. With introduction by anti-Semitic author Henri Rochefort (1831-1913). [14] ff. (including cover), approx. 37.5X27.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Several tears. Blemishes and tears to edges of cover (one mended with tape). Tear to length of spine; detached leaves. From 1902 to 1905, France was ruled by a coalition of left-wing and centrist parties known as "Le bloc républicain" ("the Republican Bloc") or "Le bloc des gauche" ("the Leftist Bloc"). These were years of relative stability and tranquility for France's Third Republic; progressive legislative reforms were introduced (most notably the law separating church and state), important agreements were signed with Russia and Great Britain, rule over French colonies was solidified, and all this brought about economic prosperity. It was the height of the period referred to in hindsight as "La Belle Epoque" ("the Beautiful Period"). The Dreyfus affair was one of the main issues dealt with by the coalition; its ministers insisted on reopening the case, and set up a commission of inquiry that finally led to Dreyfus's full exoneration. The reexamination of the affair was perceived as a belaboring of the matter, and spurred an arousal and strengthening of France's anti-Semitic right. Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories – alleging that the Republic and its economy were being clandestinely controlled and manipulated by the Jews, the Freemasons, the Protestants, and other foreigners – began to take hold in the French public discourse. The two booklets in question were published on behalf of the "anti-Dreyfusards" at the time when the "Bloc" coalition was in power, and they decry – satirically and grotesquely – the malicious rot that had allegedly pervaded the French democratic system; the disproportionate power amassed by corrupt Jewish tycoons; the scheming plots being woven by the Freemasons; the undermining of French society by the all-powerful conspirator Alfred Dreyfus; the surreptitious influence of the Germans on internal French politics; and all sorts of other classic anti-Semitic and anti-Republican themes.

Entrance ticket issued to steward at the event at which Albert Einstein delivered his last speech before leaving Europe – the "Professor Einstein Meeting" – at the Royal Albert Hall, London, October 3, 1933. English. The so-called "Professor Einstein Meeting" was held just a few months after the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany, and addressed the subjects of academic freedom and the dangers faced by the intelligentsia under the new regime. The participants at the gathering included intellectuals and scientists – such as Nobel laureates Ernest Rutherford and Sir Austen Chamberlain – from all over Europe, and primarily, Albert Einstein, who gave his last speech before leaving Europe: "If we want to resist the powers which threaten to suppress intellectual and individual freedom we must keep clearly before us what is at stake, and what we owe to that freedom which our ancestors have won for us after hard struggles. Without such freedom there would have been no Shakespeare, no Goethe, no Newton, no Faraday, no Pasteur, and no Lister. There would be no comfortable houses for the mass of people, no railway, no wireless, no protection against epidemics, no cheap books, no culture and no enjoyment of art at all. There would be no machines to relieve the people from the arduous labour needed for the production of the essential necessities of life. Most people would lead a dull life of slavery just as under the ancient despotisms of Asia. It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worthwhile." Approx. 11.5X9 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.