Passover Haggadah. Jewish General Transportation Unit 650 - Royal Army Service Corps, Italy, [1945].
Non-traditional haggadah, illustrated, printed for the Jewish soldiers serving in Transportation Unit 650 of the British Army in Italy in World War II.
The following text is printed at the beginning of the haggadah: "We are gathered here, the soldiers of our unit, with Jewish guests, to celebrate together the Festival of Freedom. Another year has passed in this war, the enemy's war of destruction against the People of Israel… as the curtain rose we have become witness to the greatest tragedy in the history of the Jewish people - communities of millions have been decimated, and the survivors are mired in blood and desperate for help…". Printed on leaves 14-15, 19, 24 and 27 are texts related to current events and sharp allegorical illustrations on the subject of the Holocaust.
29 leaves, 20.5X16 cm. Good condition. Stains to covers and first leaves. Creases to corners of the front cover and first leaves. Small tear, glued, to front cover.
Not in NLI or in Aviram Paz's "The Exodus from Egypt, Then and Now, Collection of Rare Passover Haggadahs from the 1940s, from the Author's Collection" (Kibbutz Dalia, 2015).