Lot 55
The Book of Detention and Exile – Kenya, 1947
Sefer HaMa'atzar VeHagalut (Shalosh Shanim LeGalutenu) [The Book of Detention and Exile (three years to our exile)]. Detention camp of Jews in exile, Gilgil, Kenya, [October 1947]. On title page: "'Badad', periodical for thought and literature".
Heavy book, stenciled typewritten leaves, with illustrations, diagrams, tables, sheet music, appendices and maps. Comprehensive study of the three years spent by Etzel and Lehi exiles in African camps.
On the title page - a handwritten dedication ("souvenir of our days in exile"), signed by six detainees in Gilgil and dated:"Gilgil, Adar Aleph 1948".
321,[4] leaves,[3] plates + [12] leaves "appendix to 'the Book of Detention and Exile'". 33 cm. Fair condition (binding and first leaves in poor condition). Foxing. Tears. One plate detached and torn. Damages caused to the binding
