Passover Service, Munich Enclave

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $2,500

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author

(HAGADAH)

Place

Munich

Publication

1946

Description

Edited by J.D. Scheinson. Non-traditional text in Hebrew, English and Yiddish. Most arresting llustrations by the Editor and “Ben-Binyamin.”

references

Yudlov 4007; Yaari 2328

summary

Rare Hagadah printed for the Seder held for Allied soldiers at Munich’s Deutsches Theatre Restaurant, April 15-16, 1946 - the first Passover since the fall of Nazi Germany. “...They felt very close to all that was narrated. Pharoah and Egypt gave way to Hitler and Germany. Pitham and Ramses faded beneath fresh memories of Buchenwald and Dachau.” (Introduction)

Original color-printed wrappers with large letter “A” (military insignia?) within roundel, upper cover lightly discored. 8vo

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