"Jews in Czechoslovak Recruitment". Three handwritten leaves - memoires of a visit to Czechoslovakia, in the days before and after the signing of the "Munich Agreement" in September 1938. [ca. 1941]. Hebrew.
Through three leaves the writer describes a visit to a Czechoslovak village, near the Hungarian border, in 1938 - the declaration of a general draft taken by Czechoslovakia following Hitler's demand to annex Sudetenland, the induction of Jews to fight the Nazis, as well as the disappointment of Jewish soldiers with the "Munich Agreement" between France, Britain, Italy and Germany, which determined the annexation of the Sudetenland to Germany.
The writer describes the recruitment of Jewish soldiers to the army and its influence on the Jewish community: "The recruitment order hit the Jews even harder. In the mentioned neighborhood the number of Jews is significant and they are all orthodox and are afraid to desecrate the Sabbath but by order they must leave at once… …"
The writer continues to describe the willingness of Jews to fight the Germans and cites Jewish soldiers. "A Jew with a long beard…32 years old, a Shochet and Bodek in a town near Munkacs: it is hard to leave my family - he said - but I am relieved since I know that we will defeat Hitler's angels of destruction ….". Finally the writer describes the despair and disappointment of Jews with the decision to annex the Sudetenland to Germany. [3] leaves (three written pages), 23.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains and damp staining. Several tears (some with damage to text).