Milchemeth Tugarma Be’Eretz Yisrael [”The War Against Turkey in the Land of Israel.”]

DEINARD, EPHRAIM.

Moinester Printing

St. Louis

1926

FIRST EDITION . Photographic portrait of author.

Goldman 564.

Deinard’s memoirs of his life in Eretz Israel in the years 1914-16. His outspokenness against the Zionist leadership resulted in arrest by the Turkish authorities, despite his American citizenship. Deinard here records the damage to incunabula and other rare antique books located in his home in Ramlah after it was occupied by soldiers. Upon the loss of this “priceless treasure” Deinard had the volumes buried in his garden, “where they remain until this present day” (pp. 62, 65). In addition he notes, the contents of two rooms of books and valuables were confiscated from the Jerusalem home of his relative David M. Deinard (p. 206).