Auction 38 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art
"Hechalutz" Movement in Holland, 1939 – Early Testimony about Persecution of European Jews – Hebrew and German
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah. "Hechalutz" [movement] in Holland, [early April] [1939]. [Hebrew, German].
A non-traditional Haggadah, stenciled (handwritten, typewritten and illustrated); printed for use by training Kibbutzim of "Hechalutz" movement in Werkdorp Nieuwesluis, in Deventer and in "other training-centers".
This Haggadah, printed five months before WW II broke, reflects already the persecution of Jews in Europe and the limitations imposed on Jews. The texts which refer to persecutions in Europe merge with those referring to the 1936-1939 riots in Eretz Israel and draw an overall picture of a disaster threatening the Jewish people. Included in the Haggadah are writings by Achad HaAm, David Frishman, Martin Buber and others [German]; on page 15 appears an illustration of a "Tower and Stockade" settlement and a barbed wire fence; on page 16 – A "Nizkor" text in memory of victims, murdered "…while defending their besieged homeland…"; on page 17 a map of Eretz Israel showing settlements established during the 1930s (mainly Tower and Stockade settlements), under the title "Our response to the riots – expansion of settlements". The Haggadah is read from left to right.
[1], 2-23 pp, 27.5 cm. Back cover – missing (no additional copies of this Haggadah were located and this is why it is not known whether only 23 pages were originally printed). Good overall condition. Filing holes. Tears on cover. Creases in corners of leaves.
Rare.
A non-traditional Haggadah, stenciled (handwritten, typewritten and illustrated); printed for use by training Kibbutzim of "Hechalutz" movement in Werkdorp Nieuwesluis, in Deventer and in "other training-centers".
This Haggadah, printed five months before WW II broke, reflects already the persecution of Jews in Europe and the limitations imposed on Jews. The texts which refer to persecutions in Europe merge with those referring to the 1936-1939 riots in Eretz Israel and draw an overall picture of a disaster threatening the Jewish people. Included in the Haggadah are writings by Achad HaAm, David Frishman, Martin Buber and others [German]; on page 15 appears an illustration of a "Tower and Stockade" settlement and a barbed wire fence; on page 16 – A "Nizkor" text in memory of victims, murdered "…while defending their besieged homeland…"; on page 17 a map of Eretz Israel showing settlements established during the 1930s (mainly Tower and Stockade settlements), under the title "Our response to the riots – expansion of settlements". The Haggadah is read from left to right.
[1], 2-23 pp, 27.5 cm. Back cover – missing (no additional copies of this Haggadah were located and this is why it is not known whether only 23 pages were originally printed). Good overall condition. Filing holes. Tears on cover. Creases in corners of leaves.
Rare.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot