Hand-Illustrated Humorous Booklet – Werkdorp Training Facility – Wieringermeer (The Netherlands), 1938

Hand-Illustrated Humorous Booklet – Werkdorp Training Facility – Wieringermeer (The Netherlands), 1938
Neue Jüdische Rundschau [New Jüdische Rundschau], a typewritten booklet with hand-drawn caricatures. Alijah press, Werkdorp [Wieringermeer] training facility, September 12, 1938. German.
This booklet was presumably printed by trainees in the Werkdorp (Work Camp) training facility, as a kind of satire referring to the Zionist paper "Jüdische Rundschau". On the first page appears the title "New Jüdische Rundschau" and the motto: "'the company' aspires to establish a homeland as promised… already 'tomorrow' (Utrecht Plan)" [a satiric variation of a phrase from the "Basel Plan" printed on title pages of the "Jüdische Rundschau"].
Further on appears a humorous text about the way to reach Werkdorp, fake news items and various sections written with nonsense humor: "Jewish Economy", "From the Courts of Law", "Mailbox", "Song for the Housewife", and more. The booklet is accompanied by hand-drawn caricatures, within the text: a large illustration of a train leaving Werkdorp on the way to a desert in Palestine; illustration of the court; illustration of a Passover table; figures; animals; and other illustrations. The booklet is bound with a string in a thick paper cover, with a hand-drawn title page: a pencil drawing of the facility (signed: WR), and the title "Werkdorp, September 1938".
The Werkdorp (Work Camp) training facility was established in 1934 by Georg Flatow, George van den Bergh and the Committee for Jewish Refugees (Comite Voor Bijzondere Joodse Belangen), aiming at training young Jews from Germany toward their immigration to Palestine or to other countries. In 1941, about one year after the occupation of The Netherlands by the Germans, the facility was closed and the trainees were moved to Amsterdam, and from there to Mauthausen concentration camp.
Not in OCLC.
7 leaves, approx. 28.5 cm. Good condition. A small number of stains and minor blemishes. A few corrections by hand. Dark stains on cover.