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Der Weise und der Narr: Koenig Salomo und der Schuster (play) von Sammy Gronemann, illust. by Genia Berger, 1942, Tel-Aviv, in German - Der Weise und der Narr: Koenig Salomo und der Schuster (play) von Sammy Gronemann, illust. by Genia Berger, 1942, Tel-Aviv, in German Der Weise und der Narr: Koenig Salomo und der Schuster: Ein heiteres Versspiel in sieben Bildern Moadim, Palestinian Play Publishers, Tel-Aviv, 1942., 55 pp., illustrated - cover and drawing in text by Genia Berger Soft cover, 23 x 13.5mm. 55 pages. Condition: cover worn, stained; right lower corner is missing, tears to spine; brown fragile paper; damping stain to right lower corner to all pages. Sammy Gronemann (Strasburg, Westpreußen, 21 March 1875 – Tel Aviv, 6 March 1952) was a German-born Zionist activist, author and satirist. Samuel (Sammy) Gronemann was the son of the chief rabbi of Hannover. Gronemann was the chief judge of the Zionist Congress Court and founder of its Court of Honour (1921–1946).[2] He was a major contributor to the satirical magazine Schlemiel published in 1903–1905 and 1919–1924. In 1933, after the rise of the Nazis, he fled to Paris with his wife, Sonja and immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1936. In 1937, the Jewish National Fund sent him to France to speak about the plight of the Jews in Palestine thanks to his knowledge of French and French culture Genia Berger (Hebrew: גניה ברגר; 1907–2000) was an Israeli artist, born in the Russian Empire.