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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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LOT 41:
"Book of the Internment and the Exile" – Kenya, 1947 – With "Appendix" Printed After Completion of Book / Program ...
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"Book of the Internment and the Exile" – Kenya, 1947 – With "Appendix" Printed After Completion of Book / Program for Purim Party at the Theater of the Gilgil Detention Camp – Kenya, 1948
Two items printed by inmates belonging to the Etzel (Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi) and Lehi interned at the Gilgil Detention Camp, Kenya. 1947 and 1948. Hebrew.
1. "Sefer HaMa’atzar VeHaGalut…" ["The Book of the Internment and the Exile (Three Years since the Beginning of Our Exile)"]. "Jewish Detainees' Camp in the Exile, Gilgil, Kenya, 2nd of Heshvan, 5708" [October 1947]. At top of title page (Hebrew): "Badad [Alone] – Journal of Thought and Literature." A thick book, mimeographed typescript, with illustrations, diagrams, tables, musical scores, and maps. A highly comprehensive record of the three years spent by the deportees of the Etzel and Lehi in detention camps in Africa.
The present copy of the book has an "Appendix": a dozen (mimeographed) pages printed after the book itself was completed, containing sequels to stories of the deportees, extending to July 1948, when the deportees were finally sent home to the newborn State of Israel. The final paragraph states as follows: "After three years and nine months, the end of our exile is arising. We are yet enveloped by the foreign skies of Kenya; the spikes of barbed wire still encompass the compound; but an air of freedom is already penetrating our hearts, and 254 exiles from Zion are making their way back to the motherland, to Israel, to join the ranks of the fighters, to do battle and triumph."
"Sefer HaMa’atzar VeHaGalut…": 321, [4] ff. + [3] photographic plates, 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing (numerous stains to first and last leaves). Minor blemishes to edges. Tears to title page (including one open tear). Binding stained and slightly blemished, partly detached.
"Appendix": [12] ff., 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Tears to edges. Open tear to last leaf.
2. Program for Purim party at the theater of the Gilgil Detention Camp: "Bamatenu…" ["Our Stage, the Stage of The Exiles of Zion"]. Gilgil, April, 1948.
At the end of the program are instructions regarding the proper conduct expected of the audience, issued by the management of "Bamatenu."
7 pp., 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Fold lines and creases. Leaves detached.
Enclosed: "Unchained, the Exiles of Eritrea-Sudan-Kenya" (Hebrew), published by "Lohamei Herut Yisrael", 1968 (two leaves apparently missing); a page from the June 14, 1964 issue of the Israeli daily newspaper "Ma'ariv, " with a news item regarding a meeting between Colonel H.P. Rice – British commandant of the detention camp – and Ya’akov Meridor, one of the inmates who escaped through a tunnel.
