Important collection of Revisionist Zionist broadsides and documents. Palestine: 1930s-1940s. Mostly Hebrew.
Included:
• A segment from an IDF intelligence report, concerned with the locations and movements of Irgun forces in south Tel Aviv. Dated by hand: June 22, 1948 – the day MV Altalena was shelled off the shore of Tel Aviv.
• Memorandum issued by the Irgun's headquarters, which was sent to senior officials in the Mapai party, coming forth with the suggestion to form a Jewish government, and announce its establishment to the "Yishuv, to Jewish people in the diaspora, and to the nations of the world." 1945.
• Trilingual broadside, bearing a warning in Hebrew, Arabic and English: "the Government of oppression should WITHOUT ANY DELAY evacuate children, women, civilian persons and officials from all its offices, buildings, dwelling palaces etc. throughout the country." Issued by the Irgun. [1945].
• Draft for a broadside by "Brit HaBirionim" [the Strongmen Alliance], announcing the removal of the Nazi flag flying over the German consulate in Jaffa. Ca. 1933.
• Draft for a broadside by the Lehi, defaming Chaim Weizmann. Signed with the organization's initial name "National Military Organization in Israel" (the name "Lehi" was written on top and crossed out.)
• Typewritten notice by the Lehi, announcing two death sentences issued by the "Irgun's high court of justice", to Jewish officers in the British police, who were also members of the Haganah. The two officers, Schiff and Goldmann, were killed in January, 1942, by an explosive device laid by the Irgun.
• Broadsides related to the Deir Yassin affair, Olei Hagardom, several newspapers and newspaper clipings, and more.
Some broadsides marked with printing instructions and minor pen corrections.
Approx. 30 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.