Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Two Original Works on Hitler and World War II - Morocco, 1945

Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
1. The Scroll of the War and Israel, History of the War from 1939 to 1945, by Yitzhak [ben Avraham] Halevi Ben Zfat. Casablanca, Morocco [ca. 1945].
Unlike the "Hagaddah di Hitler" (see no. 2), this work is written in Hebrew and is based structurally on the Scroll of Esther: "In order that all may understand the contents and the great miracle performed in our time, on November 11, 1942, by the Americans and the English who saved them from cruel Hitler… and indeed we have seen that the miracle performed in Morocco and Algeria is greater than the one in the days of Mordecai and Esther".
[1] title cover, [2], 32 pp, 15.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Creases and stains to front cover. Creases to leaf corners. Back cover missing and last leaves detached. Open tears to last leaf.
2. Haggadah di Hitler, by Nissim ben Shimon. Rabat: Simon Coiffeur [Moshe Amar Press, Casablanca], Morocco, [ca. 1945].
Poetic composition in Moroccan Arabic, printed in Hebrew letters, on the subject of Adolf Hitler and the Second World War. Its structure is like that of the Passover haggadah.
[1], 13 pp, 15 cm. Good condition.
Anglo-Judaica and Americana, Jewish Communities, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Anglo-Judaica and Americana, Jewish Communities, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah