Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
Pesach 1947" - Booklet Published by Jewish Youth Organizations in Italy after the War, 1947
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Pesach 5707 / "Autumn passed…". A booklet published by Co. Co. C. G. E. [Comitato Coordinatore Circoli Giovanili Ebraici] - Coordinating Committee for Jewish Youth Organizations, [Genova, Italy, 1947]. Italian and some Hebrew.
A booklet printed for Jewish youth who stayed in Italy after the war and is dedicated to the holiday of Pesach. The booklet was used, apparently, as a non-traditional Haggadah for the holiday and it includes a diverse collection of texts, with detailed historic explanations about the Haggadah, the history of the holiday and the customs of the Seder, and is accompanied by charming naïve illustrations, songs and sheet music.
A complete chapter (6 pages) and an illustration are dedicated to the story of the Warsaw uprising. "Had Gadya" appears in the center double-spread, and the following pages are dedicated to immigration to Palestine. Additional illustrations depict illegal immigration ships, a "Hora" dance around a flag on a mast, boys around the Pesach Seder table, the Four Brothers, and more.
Between the years 1945-1951 about 70,000 refugees and displaced persons from She'erit Hapletha stayed in Italy in some 35 Displaced Persons Camps. Besides the Displaced Persons Camps, there were also about 77 pioneers training camps, "Aliyat HaNo'ar" children's homes and training Kibutzim for youth, which were established and operated on the base of political and ideological attribution and were directed by emissaries from Palestine and representatives of political parties and youth movements in Europe. During the years 1945-1946 there were several attempts to set up a united Zionist-Pioneering association to unite all the Jewish youth parties and movements Like the "Unified Zionist Organization" and "Noham" (No'ar Haluzi Meuchad) in Germany, "Ichud" in Poland and "HeHalutz HaAchid" in Italy, but all the attempts failed and She'erit Hapletha kept their original movement or party affinity. This booklet was printed by such an organization - "The Coordinating Committee of Jewish Youth Movements" active in Genova in North Italy, where from many of She'erit Hapletha sailed on their way to Palestine.
[1] Title cover, 35, [4] pp, 20.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Fragile paper. Front cover, first and last leaves and center double spread are detached or partly detached. Small tears to margins of leaves (by the spine), with several missing pieces. Ownership inscription (contemporary) on inner side of front cover.
A booklet printed for Jewish youth who stayed in Italy after the war and is dedicated to the holiday of Pesach. The booklet was used, apparently, as a non-traditional Haggadah for the holiday and it includes a diverse collection of texts, with detailed historic explanations about the Haggadah, the history of the holiday and the customs of the Seder, and is accompanied by charming naïve illustrations, songs and sheet music.
A complete chapter (6 pages) and an illustration are dedicated to the story of the Warsaw uprising. "Had Gadya" appears in the center double-spread, and the following pages are dedicated to immigration to Palestine. Additional illustrations depict illegal immigration ships, a "Hora" dance around a flag on a mast, boys around the Pesach Seder table, the Four Brothers, and more.
Between the years 1945-1951 about 70,000 refugees and displaced persons from She'erit Hapletha stayed in Italy in some 35 Displaced Persons Camps. Besides the Displaced Persons Camps, there were also about 77 pioneers training camps, "Aliyat HaNo'ar" children's homes and training Kibutzim for youth, which were established and operated on the base of political and ideological attribution and were directed by emissaries from Palestine and representatives of political parties and youth movements in Europe. During the years 1945-1946 there were several attempts to set up a united Zionist-Pioneering association to unite all the Jewish youth parties and movements Like the "Unified Zionist Organization" and "Noham" (No'ar Haluzi Meuchad) in Germany, "Ichud" in Poland and "HeHalutz HaAchid" in Italy, but all the attempts failed and She'erit Hapletha kept their original movement or party affinity. This booklet was printed by such an organization - "The Coordinating Committee of Jewish Youth Movements" active in Genova in North Italy, where from many of She'erit Hapletha sailed on their way to Palestine.
[1] Title cover, 35, [4] pp, 20.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Fragile paper. Front cover, first and last leaves and center double spread are detached or partly detached. Small tears to margins of leaves (by the spine), with several missing pieces. Ownership inscription (contemporary) on inner side of front cover.