Collection of Booklets and Journals of the IDF and the Israel Police – Haifa and Tel-Aviv, 1948-1949

Five booklets and journals of IDF brigades and the Israel Police, from the War of Independence and the establishment of the State of Israel. Haifa and Tel-Aviv, 1948-1949.
1. "BaMivtza, HaChayil, 4th battalion, Haifa", [1948]. Journal of the Carmeli Brigade, with a description of the battles of the War of Independence, poems, photographs of soldiers who died in battle and words in their memory.
2. "Hed HaTichon", journal of the Alexandroni Brigade. Tel-Aviv: Achdut press, Tamuz [1948]. Issue A. With photographs and illustrations.
3. "Shnat Ma'avak LaGedud" [A year of struggle for the battalion], [Tel-Aviv?], Nissan [1949]. A booklet reviewing the activities of the 22nd battalion of the Carmeli Brigade, which was mainly composed of students of the Technion, during the War of Independence. Contains a description of the battles, names of the fallen, poems and photographs.
4. "BaMivtza", a special issue published on the first anniversary of the liberation of Haifa. Haifa, 1949. Description of the battle over Haifa, with photographs and testimonies of fighters. On the front cover, an illustration by Yossi Mendeleh.
5. "Shoter Yisrael" [An Israeli Policeman], a bi-monthly journal edited by Pesach Rudnik. Tel-Aviv: The Israel Police, October-November, 1948. Issue A. On the cover, a photograph by Hans Pinn – the raising of the flag during a swearing-in ceremony of policemen in Tel-Aviv.
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