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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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LOT 42:
"Message from the Supreme Commander of the Etzel" – Menachem Begin's Declaration of Independence Speech – Jerusalem ...
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"Message from the Supreme Commander of the Etzel" – Menachem Begin's Declaration of Independence Speech – Jerusalem, May 15, 1948 – "The State of Israel has been established, and it was established ‘Only Thus': In Blood, Fire, by a Mighty Hand and by an Outstretched Arm, and through suffering and sacrifices"
Message from Menachem Begin, Supreme Commander of the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi (Etzel) to the people of Israel. Broadcast on the 6th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar, 5708, May 15, 1948, on "Kol HaHerut" (the "Voice of Freedom"), the broadcasting station of the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi. Published by the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi – Jerusalem District, [1948]. Hebrew.
Transcript of the speech delivered by Menachem Begin the day after the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel. In this speech, which represented something of an alternative "Declaration of Independence" to the one delivered the previous day by David Ben-Gurion, Begin addressed the issues of the dismantling of the underground, the need for a strong and well-trained army, foreign policy requirements with respect to the United States and Soviet Union, the Ingathering of the Exiles, and more, charting the ideological outlines of the political party and movement he was about to establish, to be known as the Herut Party.
8 pp. (two separate folded sheets of paper, unbound), 23 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Minute tears to edges of leaves. Inked stamp to title page.
