Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Non-Traditional Haggadah – She'erit Hapletah in Landsberg – the DP Camp in Landsberg, Germany, 1946

Opening: $600
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah, She'erit hapletah in Landsberg. Landsberg DP Camp, Germany: Landsberger Lager Cajtung, [1946].
Illustrated Haggadah, with traditional passages, biblical verses and poetry, including a quote from "Al HaDerech" (On the Road) by Y.C. Brener, Yiddish passages, and prophecies of consolation from the Book of Ezekiel 36. Title page illustration depicts the Egyptian pyramids, a guard hut in the camp, barbed wire fences and chains versus fields and flowers in a blossoming sunny land.
Yidlov, Otzar HaHaggadot, no. 4005.
[16] ff, 28.5 cm. Good condition. Tears and minor blemishes.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot