Lot 644
"Hoveret Hachurban" – children's Booklet – Rome, 1947
Hoveret Hachurban, booklet for children. Published by the culture Department of the Refugees Organization in Italy, Rome, [1947].
Poems and text for Tisha B'Av (some poems with musical notes). On the cover appear symbolic illustrations: praying at the Western Wall; lamenting "on the rivers of Babylon; crematorium with human bodies, black smoke coming out of its chimney; heap of bones. Printed also as part of a booklet by the same name, most of it in Yiddish. [1], [11], [1] leaves, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to borders of cover.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.