Auction 64 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
By Kedem
Jan 22, 2019
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 103:

Photograph Album – Establishment of Kibbutz Hanita, 1938

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Photograph Album – Establishment of Kibbutz Hanita, 1938
Photograph album from the groundbreaking ceremony of Hanita as part of the "Tower and Stockade" operation. Hanita, 1938-1939.
The album contains 98 photographs presenting the first days of groundbreaking and establishing the settlement: groups from the core group of founders; the stone house of Upper Hanita and the mosaic found in its foundations; construction of the tower, the stockade and the first huts; the tent camp; visit of David Ben Gurion and Chaim Weizmann to Hanita; workers in the fields and drilling of a water well; the view seen from the early settlement; and portraits of some of the fallen in the battle for Hanita, including Aryeh Lusky, Avraham Katz, Ze'ev Anev and Yehezkel Munchik.
Appearing in the beginning of the album is a photomontage titled "Work in Hanita". An additional photograph, not mounted in the album, shows a group of Hanita's conquerors on groundbreaking day, including the point's commander Dov Yermiyah (photographed by Faivel Kaplansky; signed and titled in the plate).
Kibbutz Hanita was one of the prominent settlements of the "Tower and Stockade" effort undertaken by the Jewish community in 1936-1939 in order to expand its borders. The core of founders, made up of Haganah fighters and called "the Conquerors' Group", alongside members of the Field Companies strike force commanded by Yitzhak Sade, additional forces and civilian groups, reporters and photographers (including Zoltan Kluger), in a convoy of dozens of vehicles and pack animals, broke ground at Hanita on 21 March 1938 and immediately began constructing the settlement. Ten of Hanita's founders – Notrim (Jewish police officers) and Haganah members – were killed in the line of duty during the first months.
All of the photographs are mounted in the album. An illustration of a tower appears on the binding with the Hebrew title "Hanita" inscribed beneath.
Album: 30X22 cm. Photographs: 6X8.5 cm on average. Some of the photographs are smaller or larger. Good overall condition. Tears and open tears to tissue guards (some reinforced with adhesive tape. One tissue guard is restored with a pasted paper strip). Two new tissue guards. Stains and blemishes to binding. The spine's edges are reinforced with adhesive tape.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.

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