Diary written by an emissary of Mizrachi – Tora VeAvoda and Bne Akiva in Displaced Persons Camps in Germany. Hasenhecke, Fritzlar, Aschau and elsewhere, 1946-1947. German and some Hebrew.
The diary is typewritten on separate leaves (some printed on both sides) and it describes the experiences of the writer between December 1946 and September 1947. Mentioned in the diary are, among other things, a meeting with the camps' directors and representatives of UNRRA; the difficulty to find Kosher food; Jewish education in the camps; conflicts with Polish displaced persons in Fritzlar; riots by inmates protesting against the rationing of food, clothing and cigarettes; Psalms reading in a Jewish cemetery which survived the war; searching for volunteers for an agricultural training farm of Bne Akiva in Aschbach; numerous descriptions of the tough life in the camps; and other subjects. One of the diary's pages is printed in Hebrew, describing a spontaneous festivity in Aschau camp. On top of the leaf appears the title "the entire camp dances", and on the bottom - "Yosef Mayer" (presumably the author of this diary).
Enclosed: * A long letter (six pages), typewritten (with handwritten additions) on official stationery of "'Relig. Cion. Org. Mizrachi' – 'Tora W'Avoda' in Germany" and the Jewish Agency, by Yosef Mayer to his mother, dated 23.10.1946, branch of the Jewish Agency in B.A.O.R. (British Army of the Rhine) in Frankfurt. * Circular letter on behalf of "World Organization of 'Tora W'Avoda' Movement" addressed to emissaries of the movement asking them to submit material about the mission for the publication of a book. Dated 19.2.1950.
[20] leaves (32 printed pages, with mispagination), approx. 30.5 cm (some leaves are smaller). Good condition. Small tears at margins. Minor creases, stains and blemishes. A number of handwritten notes, some in Hebrew.

Two "Zionist Shekel forms used in refugee camps in Italy.
1. Provisional Shekel, 5704, 1943/1944. Zionist Organisation, Ferramonti (Cosenza, Ital[ia]).
The Ferramonti di Tarsia camp near Cosenza in south Italy was initially a concentration camp and after the liberation, from September 1943 until late 1945, served as a DP camp. The details that were added by hand to the form indicate that a refugee named Tibor Steinmann donated 5 Italian Liras in January 1944.
7X12 cm. Fair condition. Tears and open tears, some of them restored, affecting the text. Stains.
2. Shekel HaYovel (Jubilee Shekel), 1948.
The form indicates that a man named Nechemya Elbaum of refugee camp no. 82 in Cremona, Italy, donated 100 Italian Liras in March 1948. The form is attached to the original stub and both are stamped with the stamp of the "Central Shekel Committee Italy (Hebrew) / Commissione centrale dello shekel in Italia".
10X16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

"Tsum Zig" [To Victory], a one-time edition of the newspaper ("Einmalike Oisgabe") issued by the Union of Revisionist Zionists in the British Zone of Germany ("Der Faryinikter Zion.-Revisyanistisher Bavegung in der Englisher Zane fon Duetchland"). Editor: Yitzchak Kowalski. Bergen-Belsen (Germany), September 1946. Yiddish and a little Hebrew. Design and illustrations: B. Kasovsky.
The newspaper contains articles by prominent thinkers and leaders of the Revisionist Movement (Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Abba Achimeir, Joseph Klausner and others), alongside articles and reports about the fate of She'erit Hapletah in Europe, the struggle of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine and the activity of the Revisionist Movement at the Bergen-Belsen DP Camp.
The booklet features seven illustrated portraits of leaders of the Zionist Movement and the Revisionist Movement (five of them large – Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Joseph Trumpeldor, Max Nordau, Herzl and Meir Grossman) as well as dozens of photographs documenting the activity of the Revisionist Movement and life at the camp: processions and parades, sport games and competitions, workshops, broadsides that were hung in the camp, and more.
71, [9] pp, 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Many stains on the margins of the cover. Inscriptions and stamps on the front cover. An open tear to the bottom of the spine.
Only two copies in OCLC.

Collection of Yiddish publications. Bergen-Belsen, Warsaw and Munich, 1946-1949.
1-2. Lebedik Amchu… A Zamlung lider fun R. [Reuven] Lipszyc-Green. Bergen-Belsen, 1946. Yiddish.
A booklet of poems, many of them dealing with the years of the war and the days after it. The first poem addresses the activities of UNRRA. Two copies.
[2], 32, [1], 14.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stamps and ownership inscription in one of the copies.
3. Di Pariser Kamona, Zamlbuch. The "Satzialistishe Yungt-Bibliatek", Warsaw: "Tzukunft", 1948. Yiddish.
[1], 76, [2] pp, 21 cm. Fair condition. Detached cover and gatherings. Missing spine. Stamp.
4-5. Hemshekh (continuation), Journal for literature, fine arts and social problems. Two booklets: Munich, April 1948, January 1949. Yiddish.
[2], 72, [2] pp; [2], 64, [2] pp, 26 cm. Fair-good condition, Stains.

Unzer Vort, Tzeytung far Yiddishe Falks-Interesen [Our Word, a Journal for the Matters of the Jewish People], edited by Y. Fink [Ya'akov Yisrael Fink]. Paris: S.N.I.E. [ca. 1945]. Yiddish. Cover illustration: A. Krol [Presumably, Abraham Krol].
A special issue for the anniversary of the appearance of the journal "Unzer Vort", the journal of the Poalei Zion – Hitachdut" party for She'erit Hapletah in France. The issue contains articles about the institutions of the Zionist movement and the struggle of the Yishuv in Palestine; articles in memory of Jewish personalities, including Hanna Senesh, S. An-Ski, Stephan Zweig, Leonid Pasternak, and others; articles about the fate of She'erit Hapletah and information about the activity of various aid organizations in Europe; stories and poems describing life in the ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust; and illustrations, photographs and advertisements.
The journal "Unzer Vort" started appearing officially in October 1944, several weeks after the liberation of France from the Nazis (earlier, it was distributed by the Jewish underground movement). Its chief editor was the writer and translator Yisrael Fink (1894-1955).
30 pp, 39 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Stains and blemishes. Creases and tears (mostly along the edges and fold lines).