Two items printed by inmates belonging to the Etzel (Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi) and Lehi interned at the Gilgil Detention Camp, Kenya. 1947 and 1948. Hebrew. 1. "Sefer HaMa’atzar VeHaGalut…" ["The Book of the Internment and the Exile (Three Years since the Beginning of Our Exile)"]. "Jewish Detainees' Camp in the Exile, Gilgil, Kenya, 2nd of Heshvan, 5708" [October 1947]. At top of title page (Hebrew): "Badad [Alone] – Journal of Thought and Literature." A thick book, mimeographed typescript, with illustrations, diagrams, tables, musical scores, and maps. A highly comprehensive record of the three years spent by the deportees of the Etzel and Lehi in detention camps in Africa. The present copy of the book has an "Appendix": a dozen (mimeographed) pages printed after the book itself was completed, containing sequels to stories of the deportees, extending to July 1948, when the deportees were finally sent home to the newborn State of Israel. The final paragraph states as follows: " After three years and nine months, the end of our exile is arising. We are yet enveloped by the foreign skies of Kenya; the spikes of barbed wire still encompass the compound; but an air of freedom is already penetrating our hearts, and 254 exiles from Zion are making their way back to the motherland, to Israel, to join the ranks of the fighters, to do battle and triumph ." "Sefer HaMa’atzar VeHaGalut…": 321, [4] ff. + [3] photographic plates, 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing (numerous stains to first and last leaves). Minor blemishes to edges. Tears to title page (including one open tear). Binding stained and slightly blemished, partly detached. "Appendix": [12] ff., 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Tears to edges. Open tear to last leaf. 2. Program for Purim party at the theater of the Gilgil Detention Camp: "Bamatenu…" ["Our Stage, the Stage of The Exiles of Zion"]. Gilgil, April, 1948. At the end of the program are instructions regarding the proper conduct expected of the audience, issued by the management of "Bamatenu." 7 pp., 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Fold lines and creases. Leaves detached. Enclosed: "Unchained, the Exiles of Eritrea-Sudan-Kenya" (Hebrew), published by "Lohamei Herut Yisrael", 1968 (two leaves apparently missing); a page from the June 14, 1964 issue of the Israeli daily newspaper "Ma'ariv, " with a news item regarding a meeting between Colonel H.P. Rice – British commandant of the detention camp – and Ya’akov Meridor, one of the inmates who escaped through a tunnel.

Two documents related to the ouster of David Ben-Gurion and the founders of the Rafi Party from the Mapai Party: summons to appear before the party's high court, and copy of the indictment sheet submitted to the court. Tel Aviv, August 1965. 1. Official summons (printed form, filled in handwriting) to appear before the high court of the Mapai Party on August 2, 1965. Summoned to appear: David Ben-Gurion and the six founding members of the Rafi Party, namely Yosef Almogi, Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Amos Degani, Hannah Lamdan, Yizhar Smilansky (S. Izhar), and Shimon Peres. At the bottom of the form is a blank stub – confirmation of attendance – to be filled in and torn off. 1 f., approx. 24 cm (including stub). Good-fair condition. Creases. Blemishes and stains to margins. Open tear to upper right corner (with very minor damage to text). Stub partly detached. 2. Copy of indictment sheet submitted to the court, detailing the violations of the party code of conduct committed by the founders of the Rafi Party, and demanding their ouster from the party. Bearing the printed signature of Nahum Shadmi, Secretary of Mapai's Comptroller's Office. 2 ff. (copy of typewritten document), approx. 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases. Few stains. Minor blemishes. Open tear to upper right corner. Enclosed: Seven pages of the protocols of the hearing by the court, August 23, 1965; with some handwritten notations and marks.

Two official documents drawn up by Italian attorneys and a court ruling issued by the Vatican Auditor Camerae court, pertaining to Italian Jews. Late 17th century to 19th century. Latin and Italian. 1. Sacra Visita, Romana Alimentorum pro Universitate Haebreorum Contra Quoscumque, Iuris D. Advocati Caranza. Signed in the plate: Scipio Caranza. Rome, 1698. Latin. [4] pp., 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Some worming and tears to edges, one repaired with paper. New binding with vellum spine (gilt design to spine). 2. Sacrae Congregationi S. Officij Romana restitutionis infantium pro Alexandro Ambron, & Leone Liuoli Iudaeis Tutoribus Testamentarijs filiorum Ventura Caricioli. Signed in print: Jacobus Balsarini. [Rome]: Mainardi Press, 1737. Latin. Legal document pertaining to the baptizing of Jewish children against their father's will. [6] ff., 26.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Closed and open tears to edges, some repaired with paper. Notation to title page. New binding with vellum spine (gilt design to spine). 3. Court ruling issued by the court of the Auditor Camerae (one of the courts of the Catholic Church, which had jurisdiction over economic and financial issues), referring to the Jewish community and the Jewish ghetto [Rome, 1843], Italian. [1] f., 26.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Small tears to edges.