Ten postcards with a Zionist connection, three of them handwritten by Heinrich Loewe and the remainder handwritten by olim and Zionist personalities from Palestine and Europe. Jaffa, Rehovot, Kinneret, Berlin, Katerynoslav and other places, first half of the 20th century. Hebrew and some German.
1-3. Three postcards from Heinrich Loewe to his children (Hebrew; addresses in square script, partly with diacritics). One postcard with greetings from two "halutzim" from the Moshava Rehovot (published by "Y. Ben-Dov of Bezalel, " with a picture of the moshava), and another postcard with an added letter in German, addressed to his wife (and with a portrait picture of Loewe). Mailed from Berlin, Memel, and Port Said, second and third decades of the 20th century.
4. Russian undivided postcard: letter sent by the "halutz" David Yizre'eli (Rubin) from Katerynoslav to the Moshava Menahemia in 1905 with a promise to immigrate to Palestine (Yizre’eli did indeed arrive in Menahemia that same year, and began working in the orchards alongside co-worker David Grün, who later changed his name to David Ben-Gurion).
5-10. Six postcards sent by immigrants and Zionist activists (some with pictures from Palestine and some with pictures of the senders); Jaffa, the Moshava Kinneret, Kovno (Kaunas), Basel, and other places; including one official postcard from the 22nd Zionist Congress (Basel, 1946).
Approx. 9X14 cm. Condition varies. Stains, some abrasions, and minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.