Auction 11 - Israeli History and Culture
Handwritten Humorous Haggadah – Germany, 1931
Opening: $250
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
HAGAnoveDA manuscript – "Semi-Haggadah of Passover". Koenigsberg (Germany), 1931.
Humoristic-satiric Haggadah handwritten by Margaret Cohen of Koenigsberg, for use by the girls in the Koenigsberg or Breslau orphanage.
The contents, written with much humor, imitates the manner of speech of the institute's teachers and care givers, accompanied by photographs of people's heads, named "Rabbis". The headmaster is named "Pharaoh". Many pastings of newspaper clippings. On last page appears a parody on "Chad Gadya". German.
Unique and interesting item.
Humoristic-satiric Haggadah handwritten by Margaret Cohen of Koenigsberg, for use by the girls in the Koenigsberg or Breslau orphanage.
The contents, written with much humor, imitates the manner of speech of the institute's teachers and care givers, accompanied by photographs of people's heads, named "Rabbis". The headmaster is named "Pharaoh". Many pastings of newspaper clippings. On last page appears a parody on "Chad Gadya". German.
Unique and interesting item.
Central European Jewry
Central European Jewry