Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
"Hannah Senesh, Her Mission and Her Death" - Booklet Published by Hechaluc (Hehalutz), with Illustration by Shraga Weil - Budapest, 1945
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Szenes Anna, KüLdetése És Halála [Hannah Senesh, Her Mission and Her Death], collection of writings by Hannah Senesh, translated to Hungarian by László Kardos, József Schweitzer and Sándor Blaustein. Budapest: Hechaluc [Hehalutz] Press, [ca. 1945]. Hungarian.
Booklet commemorating Hannah Senesh, published by Hehalutz and containing a selection of letters, diary entries and poems translated to Hungarian. Hehalutz was one of the first publishing houses to renew its activities in Hungary after the Holocaust. Its publications documented the condition of the refugees and post-war Europe from a close, first-hand perspective. The present booklet, dedicated to the story of Hannah Senesh (1921-1944), presents Senesh's heroism as a consequence of her spirit of protest and refusal to surrender.
Printed on the front cover is an illustration by Shraga Weil (1918-2009).
Not in NLI. Only two copies in OCLC.
[1] leaf, 31 pp, 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, faded markings in pencil. Creases and tears to cover (mostly to margins). Cover partly detached.
Booklet commemorating Hannah Senesh, published by Hehalutz and containing a selection of letters, diary entries and poems translated to Hungarian. Hehalutz was one of the first publishing houses to renew its activities in Hungary after the Holocaust. Its publications documented the condition of the refugees and post-war Europe from a close, first-hand perspective. The present booklet, dedicated to the story of Hannah Senesh (1921-1944), presents Senesh's heroism as a consequence of her spirit of protest and refusal to surrender.
Printed on the front cover is an illustration by Shraga Weil (1918-2009).
Not in NLI. Only two copies in OCLC.
[1] leaf, 31 pp, 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, faded markings in pencil. Creases and tears to cover (mostly to margins). Cover partly detached.
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
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