Two items printed by inmates belonging to the Etzel (Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi) and Lehi interned at the Gilgil Detention Camp, Kenya. 1947 and 1948. Hebrew. 1. "Sefer HaMa’atzar VeHaGalut…" ["The Book of the Internment and the Exile (Three Years since the Beginning of Our Exile)"]. "Jewish Detainees' Camp in the Exile, Gilgil, Kenya, 2nd of Heshvan, 5708" [October 1947]. At top of title page (Hebrew): "Badad [Alone] – Journal of Thought and Literature." A thick book, mimeographed typescript, with illustrations, diagrams, tables, musical scores, and maps. A highly comprehensive record of the three years spent by the deportees of the Etzel and Lehi in detention camps in Africa. The present copy of the book has an "Appendix": a dozen (mimeographed) pages printed after the book itself was completed, containing sequels to stories of the deportees, extending to July 1948, when the deportees were finally sent home to the newborn State of Israel. The final paragraph states as follows: " After three years and nine months, the end of our exile is arising. We are yet enveloped by the foreign skies of Kenya; the spikes of barbed wire still encompass the compound; but an air of freedom is already penetrating our hearts, and 254 exiles from Zion are making their way back to the motherland, to Israel, to join the ranks of the fighters, to do battle and triumph ." "Sefer HaMa’atzar VeHaGalut…": 321, [4] ff. + [3] photographic plates, 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing (numerous stains to first and last leaves). Minor blemishes to edges. Tears to title page (including one open tear). Binding stained and slightly blemished, partly detached. "Appendix": [12] ff., 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Tears to edges. Open tear to last leaf. 2. Program for Purim party at the theater of the Gilgil Detention Camp: "Bamatenu…" ["Our Stage, the Stage of The Exiles of Zion"]. Gilgil, April, 1948. At the end of the program are instructions regarding the proper conduct expected of the audience, issued by the management of "Bamatenu." 7 pp., 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Fold lines and creases. Leaves detached. Enclosed: "Unchained, the Exiles of Eritrea-Sudan-Kenya" (Hebrew), published by "Lohamei Herut Yisrael", 1968 (two leaves apparently missing); a page from the June 14, 1964 issue of the Israeli daily newspaper "Ma'ariv, " with a news item regarding a meeting between Colonel H.P. Rice – British commandant of the detention camp – and Ya’akov Meridor, one of the inmates who escaped through a tunnel.

Two documents related to the ouster of David Ben-Gurion and the founders of the Rafi Party from the Mapai Party: summons to appear before the party's high court, and copy of the indictment sheet submitted to the court. Tel Aviv, August 1965. 1. Official summons (printed form, filled in handwriting) to appear before the high court of the Mapai Party on August 2, 1965. Summoned to appear: David Ben-Gurion and the six founding members of the Rafi Party, namely Yosef Almogi, Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Amos Degani, Hannah Lamdan, Yizhar Smilansky (S. Izhar), and Shimon Peres. At the bottom of the form is a blank stub – confirmation of attendance – to be filled in and torn off. 1 f., approx. 24 cm (including stub). Good-fair condition. Creases. Blemishes and stains to margins. Open tear to upper right corner (with very minor damage to text). Stub partly detached. 2. Copy of indictment sheet submitted to the court, detailing the violations of the party code of conduct committed by the founders of the Rafi Party, and demanding their ouster from the party. Bearing the printed signature of Nahum Shadmi, Secretary of Mapai's Comptroller's Office. 2 ff. (copy of typewritten document), approx. 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases. Few stains. Minor blemishes. Open tear to upper right corner. Enclosed: Seven pages of the protocols of the hearing by the court, August 23, 1965; with some handwritten notations and marks.

Five undivided postcards depicting Jerusalem and the holy sites in its vicinity. Palestine and Germany, late 19th century and early 20th century. • Two postcards published by Monsohn, Jerusalem. Depicting Jerusalem, Hebron, Rachel's Tomb and more; both reading "Gruss aus Jerusalem" and both similar in design to the postcard series issued for the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Palestine. One (which was mailed in 1905) features, among others, the honorary gate that was built by the members of the old Yishuv for the Emperor. • "Gruss aus Jerusalem" postcard depicting Jewish figures on the backdrop of Jerusalem and the four species of the holiday of Sukkoth. Published by Joh. Wirth'sche Hofbuchdruckerei, Meinz. • Postcard depicting views of Jerusalem and Hebron. Published by Leib Kahane, Jerusalem. • Postcard without publisher's name, depicting a schematic, two-dimensional view of the Temple site after Yehosef Schwartz' book. With hand-written added-on key to the various sites. Mailed in 1900. 14X9 cm. Fair to good overall condition. Creases, stains and considerable blemishes both Monsohn postcards. Satins and minor blemishes to the other postcards.