Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Two photographs of soldiers of the Jewish Legion in Palestine. Tulkarm and Ben-Shemen, 1919.
1. A photograph of the orchestra of the Jewish legion leading a long line of soldiers. Captioned in the plate: "The orchestra in Ben Shemen" (Hebrew).
2. Group photograph of the soldiers of the Legion in a tent camp. Dated on verso "25.2.1919", "Tulkarm", and deciated: "to my dear teacher Abba Kutner, a souvenir from his student Sperber [?], a soldier of the returning legion" (Hebrew).
On the front of the picture, one of the soldiers is marked and beneath him there is an additional inscription (partly erased). Stamped with the stamp of the photographer Ya'akov Ben-Dov.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Small holes in the upper margins of one of the photographs.
1. A photograph of the orchestra of the Jewish legion leading a long line of soldiers. Captioned in the plate: "The orchestra in Ben Shemen" (Hebrew).
2. Group photograph of the soldiers of the Legion in a tent camp. Dated on verso "25.2.1919", "Tulkarm", and deciated: "to my dear teacher Abba Kutner, a souvenir from his student Sperber [?], a soldier of the returning legion" (Hebrew).
On the front of the picture, one of the soldiers is marked and beneath him there is an additional inscription (partly erased). Stamped with the stamp of the photographer Ya'akov Ben-Dov.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Small holes in the upper margins of one of the photographs.
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Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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"The Revisionist Flag, for bringing the flags of the Jewish legion" (Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: HaAretz press, 1925.
An issue of a journal issued by the Revisionist Zionist Federation dedicated to a review of the celebrations of bringing the flag of the Jewish Legion from England to be kept at the "Hurva" synagogue of Jerusalem and the official ceremony that accompanied it. The issue features articles about the Hebrew Legion and the celebrations of the Yishuv for the event, alongside polemic articles against the Zionist executive and the official institutions of the Yishuv. Appearing on the last page is a notice: "The Revisionist Zionist Federation of Tel-Aviv hereby announces to the public that due to reasons beyond its control, it was denied the right to take part in the celebration in honor of the flag of the Jewish Legion" (Hebrew).
Six years after the dissolution of the Jewish Legion, in December 1925, its flag was brought to Palestine and in an official ceremony was placed in the "Hurva" synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. The ceremony was attended by the representative of the Yishuv and its dignitaries, the president of the synagogue, the Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (who even wrote a prayer for the occasion and delivered a sermon during the ceremony) and the High Commissioner for Palestine Herbert Plumer. The Yishuv in Palestine saw the ceremony as a nationally and historically significant event and some suggested to make it an official national holiday – the Flag Day.
4 pp, approx. 46 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Stains. Creases, closed and open tears (some of them restored).
An issue of a journal issued by the Revisionist Zionist Federation dedicated to a review of the celebrations of bringing the flag of the Jewish Legion from England to be kept at the "Hurva" synagogue of Jerusalem and the official ceremony that accompanied it. The issue features articles about the Hebrew Legion and the celebrations of the Yishuv for the event, alongside polemic articles against the Zionist executive and the official institutions of the Yishuv. Appearing on the last page is a notice: "The Revisionist Zionist Federation of Tel-Aviv hereby announces to the public that due to reasons beyond its control, it was denied the right to take part in the celebration in honor of the flag of the Jewish Legion" (Hebrew).
Six years after the dissolution of the Jewish Legion, in December 1925, its flag was brought to Palestine and in an official ceremony was placed in the "Hurva" synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. The ceremony was attended by the representative of the Yishuv and its dignitaries, the president of the synagogue, the Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (who even wrote a prayer for the occasion and delivered a sermon during the ceremony) and the High Commissioner for Palestine Herbert Plumer. The Yishuv in Palestine saw the ceremony as a nationally and historically significant event and some suggested to make it an official national holiday – the Flag Day.
4 pp, approx. 46 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Stains. Creases, closed and open tears (some of them restored).
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Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Broadside issued by the New Zionist Federation calling to join the "Hebrew Battalions" and an advertisement for the newspaper "Diglenu" (Our Flag) of Tze'irei Agudat Israel (Agudat Yisrael Youth). [1940s].
1. "Hebrews in the Homeland" (Hebrew), broadside issued by the New Zionist Federation, calling for enlistment. Tel-Aviv: Strod press, [ca. 1942-1943].
The broadside calls: "[…] We shall follow Jabotinsky: we shall join the Hebrew Battalions!" (Hebrew).
Approx. 24.5X32 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains. Tears and tiny holes to margins, restored.
2. Advertisement for issue no. 5 [22] of the newspaper "Diglenu" (the journal of Tze'irei Agudat Israel) – "For the Recruits". Av 1948.
On the right, details about the content of the issue and on the left, a group photograph of soldiers in a "club and resort for the religious soldier of Tze'irei Agudat Israel" in Bnei-Berak. A printed piece of paper, mounted in the center, reads: "When this advertisement appears on billboards of stores, hundreds of teenagers will run to buy the newspaper. Thousands copies of it have been sent to soldiers in all camps for free".
33X25 cm (thick paper). Good-fair condition. Open tears to two corners (affecting the text). Creases, restored tears. Filing holes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. "Hebrews in the Homeland" (Hebrew), broadside issued by the New Zionist Federation, calling for enlistment. Tel-Aviv: Strod press, [ca. 1942-1943].
The broadside calls: "[…] We shall follow Jabotinsky: we shall join the Hebrew Battalions!" (Hebrew).
Approx. 24.5X32 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains. Tears and tiny holes to margins, restored.
2. Advertisement for issue no. 5 [22] of the newspaper "Diglenu" (the journal of Tze'irei Agudat Israel) – "For the Recruits". Av 1948.
On the right, details about the content of the issue and on the left, a group photograph of soldiers in a "club and resort for the religious soldier of Tze'irei Agudat Israel" in Bnei-Berak. A printed piece of paper, mounted in the center, reads: "When this advertisement appears on billboards of stores, hundreds of teenagers will run to buy the newspaper. Thousands copies of it have been sent to soldiers in all camps for free".
33X25 cm (thick paper). Good-fair condition. Open tears to two corners (affecting the text). Creases, restored tears. Filing holes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Nine issues of the newspaper "HeChayal" and two letterheads with the emblem of the Jewish Brigade.
1-9. Nine issues of "HeChayal, Jewish Soldiers' Daily Newspaper". [Italy], 1945-1946. Four regular issues: 602 (Passover issue), 618, 625, 653 (last issue), April-June 1946; five supplements "For Sabbath and Holidays", October 1945, April-May 1946.
The number of pages varies from issue to issue, 34 cm. Fair-poor condition. Possibly, one or two of the issues are incomplete.
10-11. Two letterheads with the emblem of the Jewish Brigade and the caption "Headquarters, Jewish Brigade Group, B. A. O. R".
Fair-good condition.
1-9. Nine issues of "HeChayal, Jewish Soldiers' Daily Newspaper". [Italy], 1945-1946. Four regular issues: 602 (Passover issue), 618, 625, 653 (last issue), April-June 1946; five supplements "For Sabbath and Holidays", October 1945, April-May 1946.
The number of pages varies from issue to issue, 34 cm. Fair-poor condition. Possibly, one or two of the issues are incomplete.
10-11. Two letterheads with the emblem of the Jewish Brigade and the caption "Headquarters, Jewish Brigade Group, B. A. O. R".
Fair-good condition.
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Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
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Collection of journals issued by the Jewish Transportation Unit and the Palestinian Regiment of the British Army. Palestine and elsewhere, 1942-1943. Hebrew and a little English.
The journals provide much information on the activities of the companies and units, the course of the war and the life of the Jewish soldiers in Europe. Many of them are accompanied by illustrations. In the collection:
1. "The Infantry, from the Buffs – for the Hebrew Regiments, Journal of the 2nd Company, the First Hebrew Regiment, the Palestinian Regiment" (Hebrew). Issue no. 4. Tel-Aviv, December 27, 1942. Accompanied by many illustrations and several photographs. Two of the illustrations are signed in the plate by Nachum Gutman.
2. "The Third Company, the 2nd Hebrew Regiment of the Palestinian Regiments, 1941-1943" (Hebrew). Issue no. 1. [1943].
3. " Jewish Transportation Unit, the News Broadcast of the '468' General Transportation Unit, a weekly" (Hebrew). 26 issues. January 8 to December 17, 1943. (issues 1-2, 7-9, 21, 27, 31-33, 36-45, 49-50, 60-61, 63-65).
Enclosed: a paper leaf with a printed illustration; two additional copies of the title page of one of the issues.
A total of 28 issues. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Several issues are in fair condition, printed on thin paper with long tears. Some leaves are possibly missing from a few issues.
The journals provide much information on the activities of the companies and units, the course of the war and the life of the Jewish soldiers in Europe. Many of them are accompanied by illustrations. In the collection:
1. "The Infantry, from the Buffs – for the Hebrew Regiments, Journal of the 2nd Company, the First Hebrew Regiment, the Palestinian Regiment" (Hebrew). Issue no. 4. Tel-Aviv, December 27, 1942. Accompanied by many illustrations and several photographs. Two of the illustrations are signed in the plate by Nachum Gutman.
2. "The Third Company, the 2nd Hebrew Regiment of the Palestinian Regiments, 1941-1943" (Hebrew). Issue no. 1. [1943].
3. " Jewish Transportation Unit, the News Broadcast of the '468' General Transportation Unit, a weekly" (Hebrew). 26 issues. January 8 to December 17, 1943. (issues 1-2, 7-9, 21, 27, 31-33, 36-45, 49-50, 60-61, 63-65).
Enclosed: a paper leaf with a printed illustration; two additional copies of the title page of one of the issues.
A total of 28 issues. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Several issues are in fair condition, printed on thin paper with long tears. Some leaves are possibly missing from a few issues.
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Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Collection of documents – letters, poems, skits, and other items, from the estate of Hananya Ratzkovsky, a soldier from Haifa in the Entertainments National Service Association – ENSA, who served in the Royal Engineering Corps in the Middle East. Italy, Libya, Palestine (and elsewhere?), 1942-1945. Hebrew, a little English and Italian.
A varied collection, including personal letters sent to Ratzkovsky, some of them by friends who were also involved in cultural affairs in the Hebrew units of the British Army, letters sent to him by his parents and letters he sent to his parents, alongside documents related to his work in the ENSA: poems written by soldiers of the Jewish Brigade, a parody of the eighth field army as well as songs and skits about soldiers' lives, a handwritten leaf – a eulogy for a female soldier named Ofra who died in the Libyan desert (1943), songs for sing-alongs copied on notes or typewritten, letters sent by children from Palestine to the soldiers of the brigade, a skit titled "A Hebrew Company in the Desert", by Electrical & Mechanical coy. 544, together with female soldiers from coy. 519 (typewritten), bulletin no. 1 (internal) of Electrical & Mechanical coy. 544 and additional items.
A total of more than 100 documents. Condition varies, fair-poor. Severe dampness damage. Stains and wear. Some of the leaves are torn or partly missing.
See next item.
A varied collection, including personal letters sent to Ratzkovsky, some of them by friends who were also involved in cultural affairs in the Hebrew units of the British Army, letters sent to him by his parents and letters he sent to his parents, alongside documents related to his work in the ENSA: poems written by soldiers of the Jewish Brigade, a parody of the eighth field army as well as songs and skits about soldiers' lives, a handwritten leaf – a eulogy for a female soldier named Ofra who died in the Libyan desert (1943), songs for sing-alongs copied on notes or typewritten, letters sent by children from Palestine to the soldiers of the brigade, a skit titled "A Hebrew Company in the Desert", by Electrical & Mechanical coy. 544, together with female soldiers from coy. 519 (typewritten), bulletin no. 1 (internal) of Electrical & Mechanical coy. 544 and additional items.
A total of more than 100 documents. Condition varies, fair-poor. Severe dampness damage. Stains and wear. Some of the leaves are torn or partly missing.
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Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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A wooden suitcase with a leather carrying strap, which belonged to a Jewish soldier in The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). [ca. mid-1940s].
The name of the soldier, "H. Ratzkovsky", and the name of his unit, "Pal. ENSA" are handwritten on the outside lid of the suitcase. The names of forty five cities and sites in Italy, North Africa and Palestine bare handwritten, in pencil, on the inside lid of the suitcase.
The ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) operated under the British Army during World War II and was responsible for the providing entertainment for British soldiers in the various fronts. After the establishment of the Jewish Brigade, the ENSA established the band "MeEin Zeh" ("The Palestinians" as it was called in English), which performed for Jewish soldiers in Europe and the Middle East. Presumably, this was the suitcase of props of one of the members of the band, who documented on its lid the various cities in which he performed.
Enclosed: two ranks of Lance corporal of the British Army, and an embroidered shoulder tag with the inscription "Palestine".
17X32X38 cm. Good-fair condition. The wood and the leather strap are worn and scuffed. The key is missing.
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The name of the soldier, "H. Ratzkovsky", and the name of his unit, "Pal. ENSA" are handwritten on the outside lid of the suitcase. The names of forty five cities and sites in Italy, North Africa and Palestine bare handwritten, in pencil, on the inside lid of the suitcase.
The ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) operated under the British Army during World War II and was responsible for the providing entertainment for British soldiers in the various fronts. After the establishment of the Jewish Brigade, the ENSA established the band "MeEin Zeh" ("The Palestinians" as it was called in English), which performed for Jewish soldiers in Europe and the Middle East. Presumably, this was the suitcase of props of one of the members of the band, who documented on its lid the various cities in which he performed.
Enclosed: two ranks of Lance corporal of the British Army, and an embroidered shoulder tag with the inscription "Palestine".
17X32X38 cm. Good-fair condition. The wood and the leather strap are worn and scuffed. The key is missing.
See previous item.
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Jewish Enlistment to the British Army – WWI and WWII
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