Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Letters to an Emissary in Bad Reichenhall Camp / Humorous Version of "El HaZipor"

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1-4. Four letters sent to Zipora Weinstock, emissary to DPC Bad Reichenhall, Germany, March 1948.
Letters from friends and relatives; including much information about the Independence War occurring at the same time, mainly about the situation in Jerusalem and Holon : " more than once did I sit down to write and was disturbed by shooting and bombing around me. The shooting is heard day and night and sometimes it turns into a real attack and battle between the fighting forces". Three letters are written on Aérogrammes.
5. "El Hazipor / Bialik's version / Stress on first syllable" by L. Pram. A single leaf, typewritten. Printed by Kabalat Shabat in [teachers]seminary in Bad Reichenhall 16.7.1948". This is an interesting variation on Haim Nachman Bialik's poem "El Hazipor" integrating in the original framework of the poem scenes and jokes from the life of Jewish emissaries to the camp.
Size varies. Generally – good condition.
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
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