Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
Non-Traditional Haggadah – "HeChalutz" Movement and "Aliyat HaNoar" in Holland, 1940 – Hand-Colored Illustrations
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $5,000
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah. "HeChalutz – Aliyat HaNoar, England, Denmark, Holland, Sweden, Lithuania". Amsterdam: Hechaloets, Verbond van Palestina-Pioniers in Nederland, 1940. "Illustrated in Werkdorp" (Gezeichnet im Werkdorp). Hebrew and German.
A non-traditional Haggadah, mimeographed, with hand-colored illustrations. Printed for the use of the members of "HeChalutz" movement and "Aliyat HaNoar" training Kibbutzim. On its back cover it is noted that the Haggadah was illustrated in Werkdorp (a training facility that was established in Holland in 1934 in order to train Jewish youth from Germany for their immigration to Palestine or elsewhere).
The Haggadah contains passages of the traditional version and biblical verses dealing with the story of the Exodus from Egypt and the journey to the Land of Israel alongside passages of prose and poetry dealing with the holiday and its significance, spring, and additional current matters – the persecution of the Jewish Nation in Europe, illegal immigration and settlement. At the beginning of the Haggadah, the ongoing persecutions suffered by the Jewish nation are mentioned. This passage ends with the words: "Though the period we live in is a time of war between the Sheol and human progress – let it become […] the war of Gog and Magog, which will end with our complete redemption!"
On pages 16-17, there is a passage from Heinrich Heine's book "Der Rabbi von Bacherach" (The Rabbi of Bacharach) describing Leil HaSeder (German).
On page 20 which deals with the illegal immigration and begins with the announcement "We shall ascend by all ways!" appears a quote from the poem "Avir Pesagot" (Mountain Air) by Rachel Bluwstein and a quote by Berl Katznelson about the illegal immigration being the correct mode of action (German), alongside an illustration of a boat tossed on the high seas.
On page 23 appears a detailed map marking settlements "which were built in the Jewish land during the days of siege and blood" [the tower and stockade settlements established in Palestine during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt].
On pages 24-25 there is a short article published by Moshe Beilinson in 1936, "The Reasons for the Battle" (German). At its end there is an illustration of a farmer plowing his land in Palestine and above him, somewhat blurry, refugees can be seen escaping a burning house and German soldiers.
The Haggadah is accompanied by hand-colored illustrations. On the title page of the Haggadah there is an illustration depicting a couple of birds gliding toward the sun and beneath them, on the ground, a hyena devouring human bones.
In Passover 1940, Holland was still free, although the training groups of "HeChalutz" had many German refugees who had experienced the Nazi terror. Shortly thereafter, in May 1940, Holland surrendered to the German army.
[1] front cover, 2-26 leaves, [1] back cover, 27.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains and creases. Open tears to back cover. Back cover partly detached. Spine reinforced with binding tape.
A non-traditional Haggadah, mimeographed, with hand-colored illustrations. Printed for the use of the members of "HeChalutz" movement and "Aliyat HaNoar" training Kibbutzim. On its back cover it is noted that the Haggadah was illustrated in Werkdorp (a training facility that was established in Holland in 1934 in order to train Jewish youth from Germany for their immigration to Palestine or elsewhere).
The Haggadah contains passages of the traditional version and biblical verses dealing with the story of the Exodus from Egypt and the journey to the Land of Israel alongside passages of prose and poetry dealing with the holiday and its significance, spring, and additional current matters – the persecution of the Jewish Nation in Europe, illegal immigration and settlement. At the beginning of the Haggadah, the ongoing persecutions suffered by the Jewish nation are mentioned. This passage ends with the words: "Though the period we live in is a time of war between the Sheol and human progress – let it become […] the war of Gog and Magog, which will end with our complete redemption!"
On pages 16-17, there is a passage from Heinrich Heine's book "Der Rabbi von Bacherach" (The Rabbi of Bacharach) describing Leil HaSeder (German).
On page 20 which deals with the illegal immigration and begins with the announcement "We shall ascend by all ways!" appears a quote from the poem "Avir Pesagot" (Mountain Air) by Rachel Bluwstein and a quote by Berl Katznelson about the illegal immigration being the correct mode of action (German), alongside an illustration of a boat tossed on the high seas.
On page 23 appears a detailed map marking settlements "which were built in the Jewish land during the days of siege and blood" [the tower and stockade settlements established in Palestine during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt].
On pages 24-25 there is a short article published by Moshe Beilinson in 1936, "The Reasons for the Battle" (German). At its end there is an illustration of a farmer plowing his land in Palestine and above him, somewhat blurry, refugees can be seen escaping a burning house and German soldiers.
The Haggadah is accompanied by hand-colored illustrations. On the title page of the Haggadah there is an illustration depicting a couple of birds gliding toward the sun and beneath them, on the ground, a hyena devouring human bones.
In Passover 1940, Holland was still free, although the training groups of "HeChalutz" had many German refugees who had experienced the Nazi terror. Shortly thereafter, in May 1940, Holland surrendered to the German army.
[1] front cover, 2-26 leaves, [1] back cover, 27.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains and creases. Open tears to back cover. Back cover partly detached. Spine reinforced with binding tape.
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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