Auction 012 Online Auction - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jan 9, 2018 (Your local time)
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 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 43:

Obituaries from the Period of the "Great Arab Revolt", 1936-1938 / LEHI Broadsides, 1947-1948

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Obituaries reporting the death of two Palestinian Jews during the "Great Arab Revolt" (1936-1939 riots) and two broadsides on behalf of LEHI organization during the Independence War. Palestine, 1936-1948.
1. Obituary published by the transportation cooperative "Ichud-Regev" reporting the death of Yosef Afner "murdered from an ambush ". (Hebrew).Cooperative press "Achdut", Tel-Aviv, August 1936.
47.5X31.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, folding marks and numerous open tears.
2. Obituary - murder of Pinchas Wolfish "who fell in the line of duty by murderers". "Yavne" press, Nachlat Binyamin, September 1938.
25X35 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and folding marks. Pin holes.
3. "Do not pay taxes to treasury of 'Chaos'". Small broadside on behalf of LEHI. (1947).
The broadside calls people of the country to pay taxes to a Jewish treasury and not to the British High Commissioner, Ellen Gordon Cunningham.
17X12.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Creases and folding marks. Tears at margins.
4. "Two of Them" (Hebrew). Broadside on behalf of LEHI. (March 1948).
The broadside was printed following the explosion in Ben Yehudah street in Jerusalem, in February 1948. On top are printed the names, personal details and photographs of two British policemen and on the bottom appears the inscription "The above were involved in the crime on Ben Yehudah Street in Jerusalem. Guilty for the murder of tens of women and children".
34.5X16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Numerous creases and folding marks.

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