Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

"Beware! The Enemy is Listening!" – Double-Sided Poster

Opening: $200
Sold for: $350
Including buyer's premium
"Beware! The Enemy is Listening", double-sided illustrated poster. Printer not indicated. [Palestine, ca. 1940s].
Illustration of a man with his finger on his mouth signaling the viewer to keep silent, warning of another man listening to a couple in a café. With the emblem of the Hish (The Field Corps of the Haganah organization in the years 1939-1948) at bottom.
The other side of the poster reads "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand wither". (Hebrew), with an illustration of the Tower of David above the inscription and the Hish emblem beneath.
34.5X49.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines, creases and stains. Tears, professionally restored.
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, Holocaust and Sheerit HaPletah
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, Holocaust and Sheerit HaPletah