105 paper items of the Etzel (Irgun), Lehi and the yishuv leadership. Palestine, 1940s.
Including:
· 69 items of the Etzel: 31 issues of the movement's newspaper "Cherut"; 19 proclamations for hanging on billboards and handing out, including transcriptions of the broadcasts of "Kol Tzion HaLochemet"; "HaEmet", booklet with a statement of the "organization's commander" [Menachem Begin] from June 22, 1948; special notice of the newspaper "HaMashkif" regarding the mitigated sentence of two underground movement members, from a death sentence to life imprisonment; "Hine Da'ati", polemic booklet by a member of the organization from Kislev 5708 (1948); 4 round paper labels with an emblem of the organization and slogans; and more.
· 27 items of the Lehi: 11 issues of "HaMa'as"; 4 issues of "HeChazit"; "From the Trial to the Hanging", booklet describing the last hours of the assassins of Lord Moyne, Eliyahu Bet-Zuri and Eliyahu Hakim, prior to their hanging in Egypt; "The Accused Accuse", booklet reviewing the appearance of the organization's members before the English military tribunal in 1944; "Notice regarding the Abuse of a Dying Freedom Fighter by the British Criminals"; and more.
· 9 paper items of the Haganah and yishuv institutions: "At this hour…", single-issue newspaper of the Mapai Central Committee condemning both the underground movements and the British authorities; "To the Hate-Mongerers", speech of David Ben-Gurion from October 4, 1943, printed as a booklet; "Facts and Conclusions", two polemic proclamations condemning the underground organizations in the name of the Jewish authorities; and more.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.