Auction 9 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Culture Committee – "Ha-Tikva" Soldiers Club – Alexandria, 1944

Opening: $350
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Pesach Haggadah, "Ha-Tikvah" Soldiers Club culture committee, Alexandria (Egypt), 1944.
Non-traditional stenciled haggadah, with printed cover. Passages of the traditional text read by the rabbi, alongside reading-passages read by different readers, men and women. Next to each passage, read by a woman, appears in parentheses A.T.S. Texts by Bialik, Frishman and others, including texts relating to the holocaust with call for revenge. Some of the illustrated figures wear uniform, with weapons and badges of the Jewish brigade.
[20] leaves, 21.5 X 17 cm. Good condition. Foxing, slight tears to edges of leaves and to cover. Central folding mark to all leaves and to cover.
Haggadot, Non-traditional Haggadot
Haggadot, Non-traditional Haggadot