About 120 photographs from the estate of a Machal soldier (Overseas Volunteers) Abe (Abraham) Kenny / Kiniavsky. USA, Palestine, Iran and Belgium, ca. 1942 to 1949 (some later photographs - late 20th century).
Photographs recording the military service of Kenny, at first in the USA army (late in 1942; Kenny served, among other places, in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on the base), later in Palestine, in Iran (1943-1944) and Belgium (1945) in the framework of Machal enlistment, and finally in IDF.
Documented in two photographs is a railroad car with "Teheran Children" parking in Iran (on the way to Palestine); other photographs portray soldiers in a base, training or on leave, Kenny with other soldiers during the Independence War, the first Independence parade in Tel-Aviv (1949), and more.
Many of the photographs are titled and dated on the back and Kenny's name appears on many of them. Several photographs were taken in the United States, when Kenny was still young, while others were taken in Israel. A number of photographs were sent to Kenny by friends and bear dedications on the back.
Size varies, approx. 5.5X8 cm to 16.5X11.5 cm. Some photographs in a small format appear also in a large format. Good overall condition. Stains. Some photographs are cut.

Van Kleine Lichtjes der Bevrijding en het Groote Licht der Liefde [About the Small Lights of Liberation and the Great Light of Love], by Dr. G. [Gerardina] L. Van Dalfsen, with linocuts by T. J. Hulshoff Pol. Lochem, Netherlands: De Tijdstroom, 1946. Second edition. Dutch.
Children's story about World War II and the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the history of the Jews during the Holocaust, with illustrations (linocuts) in black and white and a large illustration in blue and yellow at the beginning of the book. The book also includes poems, and an introduction and afterword by the author, about whom we have no biographical details except for the fact that in 1946 she delivered a lecture entitled "Spiritual Difficulties in the Post-War Period" at Woodbrooke College, Birmingham, England.
[1] wrapper, 35 pp, 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slight tears to lower margins of several leaves. Mounted photograph on inner side of front cover.
Not in NLI. Only two copies in OCLC.

Słowo Młodych, bulletin of the youth movements "Gordonia" and "Maccabi Hatza'ir" in Poland. Lodz, 1946-1948. Polish.
Thirteen issues, numbered 1-16 (some are double issues). Ten of the issues are bound together (in contemporary binding). Dedications in Hebrew and Polish appear in the beginning and at the end of the bound volume.
Bulletin of a Zionist and Nationalist nature, dealing in length with the holocaust and the uprisings in Ghettos (in which Gordonia members took part), Zionist matters, illegal immigration to Palestine, settlement in Palestine, and more. Printed in the issues are photographs, illustrations and many compositions about the holocaust and fighting the Nazis, life of She'erit HaPletah in Poland, training and immigration to Palestine (including a special issue dedicated to three prominent members of the movement, Eliezer Geller, Israel Zeltzer and Hanka Borenstein, leaders of operations during the war).
Bound volume and 3 single issues. Approx. 30.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Some tears and open tears at margins of leaves. Wear. Fragile paper. Trimmed margins. Ink stamps of "Gordonia-Maccabi Hatza'ir, main leadership in Poland".

An archive containing hundreds of document files with testimonies of holocaust survivors, from the estate of attorney Miklosh (Mordechai) Stern. Israel, 1960s-70s. Hebrew, German and Hungarian.
The files contain many documents reflecting a diverse correspondence with law and health authorities which was conducted while handling claims for compensation by holocaust survivors according to the "Victims of Nazi Persecution Act 1957". In many of the files appear first and second hand testimonies about their lives during the holocaust and its consequences regarding their medical condition.
Several files contain personal documents (such as identification documents) from the war period or
right after the war. Most files examined imply a suspicious attitude on the part of the committee as far as the survivors' claims that their serious medical condition was caused by Nazi persecution, and some files contain appeals on the committee's decision according to which the ailments of the survivors were not caused by Nazi persecution. Also mentioned is the fact that during negotiations about reparations from Germany, Israel cancelled the right of its citizens, holocaust survivors, to be compensated and in several cases survivors were requested to return the reparation money which they have already received. Some files contain reparation claims from Germany.
Many of the files in this archive pertain to survivors of Hungarian or Romanian origin.
Hundreds of documents (in 11 cases). Fair-good overall condition. The collection was not thoroughly examined and it is possible that it contains claims from later years and in other languages.

Passover Seder Service, Deutsches Theatre Restaurant, Conducting Chaplain Abraham J. Klausner / Passover Haggadah Supplement (Musaf la-Haggadah shel Pesach). Edited and illustrated: Y. D. Sheinsohn. Munich, April 15-16, 1946. Hebrew, Yiddish and some English.
Non-traditional Haggadah, with illustrations of Jewish life in ghettos and extermination camps. Illustrations signed: "Ben-Binyamin" [Zvi Miklos Adler].
This copy of the Passover Haggadah "supplement", is bound in a cover with the letter "A" printed on it, including the title page and an introduction in English which do not exist in all of the copies.
This copy has two covers. On the first cover (Bristol): "A - Passover Service, Munich Enclave, Munich, Germany, April 15-16, 1946", on the second cover: "Musaf laHaggadah shel Pesach. Edited and illustrated: Y.D. Sheinsohn". On the back cover: "Histadrut Zionit Ahida and 'NOHAM' [No'ar Halutzei Me'uchad] in Germany. Munich, 1946. Edited and illustrated: Y. D. Sheinsohn". A second back cover (Bristol) is blank.
[1], 19, [1] leaves, 21 cm. Fair condition (body of Haggadah in good condition). Stains and peelings to cover. A peeling label at corner of back cover, affecting the cover. Slight tear at bottom margin of cover and first leaves.
Yaari 2328; Otzar HaHaggadot 4007.