Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
Passover Haggadah for United States Army Soldiers in the Persian Gulf – The Persian Gulf Command, Iran, 1944
Opening: $2,000
Unsold
Program for Passover. Iran, Friday April 7, 1944. English.
Non-traditional Haggadah, printed for Jewish soldiers who served in The Persian Gulf Command in World War II.
"The Persian Gulf Command" was established in December 1943 as a US Army Unit, in order to defend and ensure supply to the USSR according to the "lend-lease" law which enabled the US president to support the Allied Nations with supplies and food worth up to 1.3 billion dollars.
"The Persian Gulf Command" logo is printed on the front cover (a curved sword and a star). The introduction tells, in length, the relevance of the Haggadah text to the current war (where the Egypt of the Haggadah is today, or who is Pharaoh, or his victims). The blessings on the Four Cups of Wine are based on the "Four Freedoms Address" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the American Congress on January 6, 1941 (“State of the Union”): the first cup for Freedom of Worship, the second cup for Freedom of Thought and Speech, the third cup for Freedom from Want, and the fourth cup – Eliyahu HaNavi Cup – for Freedom from Fear. The Passover Seder ended with the national anthem of America and “Hatikvah”.
[7] leaves, 33 cm. No back wrapper. Some tears and folding marks. Inscription on corner of wrapper. Ex-Libris on reverse of front wrapper. Stains from adhesive tape on lower part of last leaf. Hard cover (new), with the logo of “The Persian Gulf Command” made of cardboard and pasted on the front.
Not listed in Worldcat, not in the National Library of Israel, not in any scholarly literature dealing with non-traditional Haggadot.
Non-traditional Haggadah, printed for Jewish soldiers who served in The Persian Gulf Command in World War II.
"The Persian Gulf Command" was established in December 1943 as a US Army Unit, in order to defend and ensure supply to the USSR according to the "lend-lease" law which enabled the US president to support the Allied Nations with supplies and food worth up to 1.3 billion dollars.
"The Persian Gulf Command" logo is printed on the front cover (a curved sword and a star). The introduction tells, in length, the relevance of the Haggadah text to the current war (where the Egypt of the Haggadah is today, or who is Pharaoh, or his victims). The blessings on the Four Cups of Wine are based on the "Four Freedoms Address" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the American Congress on January 6, 1941 (“State of the Union”): the first cup for Freedom of Worship, the second cup for Freedom of Thought and Speech, the third cup for Freedom from Want, and the fourth cup – Eliyahu HaNavi Cup – for Freedom from Fear. The Passover Seder ended with the national anthem of America and “Hatikvah”.
[7] leaves, 33 cm. No back wrapper. Some tears and folding marks. Inscription on corner of wrapper. Ex-Libris on reverse of front wrapper. Stains from adhesive tape on lower part of last leaf. Hard cover (new), with the logo of “The Persian Gulf Command” made of cardboard and pasted on the front.
Not listed in Worldcat, not in the National Library of Israel, not in any scholarly literature dealing with non-traditional Haggadot.
Rare and Important Items
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