Collection of documents and letters sent to Ziva Cizik [Talbar], an A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service) driver, 1943-1950 (most of the letters between the years 1943- and 1945).
Ziva Cizik joined the ATS in 1943 at the age of 17 ["The Recruitment Office of the Jewish Agency told me that I should join the Palmach. I met with Benny Marshak and convinced him that I should rather go to the army"]. After a driving and mechanics course in Egypt, specialization as an ambulance driver and a short service in Egypt, she was posted in Italy.
The collection presented includes several notebooks of poems, memories and passing thoughts (Egypt, Tel-Aviv and Italy, 1944-1945); "Shana Tovah" cards including cards of various ATS companies; letters sent to Ziva during her service in ATS (as well as letters of later years), including a significant amount of letters sent by friends who also served in the British Army during the same years; two photo albums with photos which Ziva took in Egypt and in Italy in 1943-1944, and additional items. Lot of hundreds of items. Sizes and conditions vary.