Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Collection of Broadsides, Leaflets and Booklets Issued by the Irgun – Palestine, 1939-1947

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31 broadsides, leaflets and booklets issued by the Irgun (Etzel). Palestine, ca. 1939-1947.
Collection of printed items documenting the struggle of the Irgun against the British, including: • A broadside from 1939 dealing with a strike of Jewish prisoners at the detention camp of Tzrifin. • Two booklets issued by the Irgun (1944). • Broadsides and leaflets with announcements about operations of the Irgun. • Two issues of the "Herut" journal. • Broadsides issued by "Kol Zion HaLochement" (The Voice of Fighting Zion), the underground radio station of the Irgun. • Broadside marking the sixth anniversary of Ze'ev Jabotinsky's death (the 29th of Tamuz – 1946). • Broadside in memory of "Olei Hagardom" Dov Gruner, Dov Rosenbaum, Mordechai Elkoshi and Eliezer Kashani. • Broadside titled "Let us Ask the People" (Hebrew) with a suggestion to conduct a referendum regarding the question "Do you support or object to a war, political, military and economic, to liberate the homeland from the burden of foreigners and establish our free, democratic and independent country". • Additional items.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Underground Movements, Illegal Immigration and Detention Camps, The 1948 War and the Establishment of the State of Israe
Underground Movements, Illegal Immigration and Detention Camps, The 1948 War and the Establishment of the State of Israe