Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
"Thus…? Or Thus" – Israeli Propaganda Leaflet in Arabic – The 1948 Arab-Israeli War
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
"Thus…? Or Thus, " Israeli propaganda leaflet from the period of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. dated by hand: "2.1.49." Arabic.
Israeli propaganda leaflet which presents enemy soldiers with two options: death or surrender. One side features a large photograph of dead soldiers on the battlefield, with the inscription " كذا...? او" [Thus…? or]; on the other side appears the inscription " كذا" [thus], and photographs of the allegedly comfortable life led by Arab POW's in Israeli prisoner-of-war camps.
Approx. 24X17 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines and creases. Tears to edges and along fold lines (minor damage to text). Pen inscriptions.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Israeli propaganda leaflet which presents enemy soldiers with two options: death or surrender. One side features a large photograph of dead soldiers on the battlefield, with the inscription " كذا...? او" [Thus…? or]; on the other side appears the inscription " كذا" [thus], and photographs of the allegedly comfortable life led by Arab POW's in Israeli prisoner-of-war camps.
Approx. 24X17 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines and creases. Tears to edges and along fold lines (minor damage to text). Pen inscriptions.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Underground Fighters, Illigal Immifration, the Establishment of the State of Israel, Israeli Culture
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Underground Fighters, Illigal Immifration, the Establishment of the State of Israel, Israeli Culture