Auction 64 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
By Kedem
Jan 22, 2019
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 341:

Broadside – Irgun – "Bagola" – Germany, 1946

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Broadside – Irgun – "Bagola" – Germany, 1946
"Af Al Pi" [Nevertheless]. Broadside issued by Irgun Zeva'i Le'umi. "Bagola" [Hebrew: In exile; Germany], 1946. Yiddish and Hebrew.
Titles in Hebrew and Yiddish – "Af Al Pi" and "Galut – Shi'abud – Herut" ("Exile – Enslavement – Liberty"). Accompanied by three allegorical illustrations: in the first (Galut = Exile), the hand of an SS soldier is shown whipping Jews, human skeletons, with a swastika flag in the background; in the second (Shiabud = Enslavement) – the hand of a British soldier initialed with the letters CID (Committee of Imperial Defence) is seen whipping Holocaust survivors, with a British flag in the background; in the third (Herut = Liberty) – a Jewish fighter is holding a sword after having shed the chains that bound him, emerging from a map of Greater Eretz Israel. Texts in Hebrew and Yiddish on the right margins: speech of Bar Kochba to his people, the testament of Shimshon and the testament of the Maccabees.
43X31 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Minor blemishes to folding lines. Tiny tears to margins. Filing holes to right margin (restored). Mounted on acid-free paper.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.

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