Auction 099 Winner's Unlimited - Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Maps, Periodicals, Postcards, banknotes, Eretz Israel and Zionism
By Winner'S
May 3, 2017
Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 34:

Issues of "HaGalgal." 1943-1945

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Issues of "HaGalgal." 1943-1945
Two volumes of the bi-weekly HaGalgal. Volume one, issues 1-26 [starting in 1943]. Volume two, issues 1-42. Published by the Government Intelligence Bureau in Jerusalem, on behalf of the British intelligence services with the cooperation of Radio Jerusalem. The journal of the "Kol Yerushalayim" Mandatory radio station.
The journal was published bi-weekly. In 1944, it began appearing weekly. HaGalgal was the second illustrated journal to be published in the city (HaOlam HaZeh was the first). The journal included many photos, maps, caricatures, poems and more. It was published during the Second World War and extensively discussed current events. The preface even states, "The cycle of events in the world is now spinning at frightening speed, but the public....is not scared, and is discovering springs of hope..."
It was printed with the approval of the British government and was printed on quality paper.
Two volumes, 29.5 cm. Moderate-fine condition. 

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