Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Shanah Tovah Greeting Card - LEHI Exiles in Kenya - 1948

Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Greeting card written by hand (in golden ink), sent from LEHI organization detainees in Kenya detention camp. Kenya, [1947].
Writeten on the card: "To the young Amihud family… wishing… Reshelbach brothers, [eve of Rosh Hashanah], 1947, Kenya". (Hebrew).
Apparently the card was sent by the brothers Yosef, Shaul and Avraham Reshelbach, members of LEHI organization who were exiled together to detention camps in Africa in 1944 and were detained in Gilgil camp in Kenya. It is possible that the addressee is LEHI member Puny Meir, whose nickname was "Amihud".
Approx. 9X6 cm. Good condition.
Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography
Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography