Six books about the Jewish Legion, the Palestine Regiment, Trumpeldor, and others who fell defending the Jewish community in Palestine. New York, Kovno, Jerusalem, and other locations, 1916-1943. Hebrew and Yiddish.
1. Yizkor, tsum ondenken di gefalene vekhter un arbayter in Erets Yisroel. Editors: [Ya’akov] Zrubavel, [Yitzchak] Ben-Zvi, [Alexander] Heshin. New York: Poalei Zion Palestine Committee, 1916. Yiddish.
A collection of essays by Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, David Ben-Gurion, Yosef Haim Brenner, and others, in memory of workers and guards who fell in the defense of Palestine. With illustrations by the artist Mitchell Loeb.
2. Joseph Trumpeldor, by Pesach Lipovetzky (Ben Amram). Kovno: Semel, 1924.
3. With the Jewish Legion in Palestine, by John H. Patterson. Foreword: Z[e’ev] Jabotinsky. Jerusalem: Mizpeh, [1929].
4. The Story of the Jewish Legion, by Ze’ev Jabotinsky, translated by Abba Ahimeir. Jerusalem: HaSolel Cooperative, 1929.
5. Di opgenarte in kamf far Erets-Yiśroel; di geshikhṭe fun Yidishn legyen, by Avrom Lyubes. Warsaw: G. Piment, [1931]. Yiddish.
A book about the Jewish Legions, with dozens of photographs and illustrations.
6. "The Third Company of the Second Jewish Brigade of the Palestine Regiment, 1941-1943." Booklet No. 1, 1 Adar I 1943 [February 6, 1943].
A booklet (typewritten and mimeographed) printed by soldiers in the Palestine Regiment. Includes writings about the role of the Jewish Brigade, memoirs, illustrations and humorous writings, and thoughts about the Hebrew language.
Size and condition vary. The books were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.