34 postcards and photographs, portraying Jewish soldiers. Europe and Palestine, [early 20th century through ca. 1956).
The collection includes postcards depicting Jewish soldiers in different periods:
1-6. Real-photo postcards portraying Jewish soldiers during World War I, in uniform and in prison; one postcard portrays a military German barricade in Poland with Jews held for investigation.
7-14. Postcards portraying Jewish soldiers and prisoners in World War I, and postcards sent to Jewish soldiers.
15-20. Postcards with various photographs, of fighters and commanders in the Jewish Legions in World War I (Among them: two postcards issued by "Tel-Hai" with portrait of Joseph Trumpeldor, a postcard showing Jabotinsky in the Jewish Legion uniform, and more).
21-25. Postcards from the Yishuv period and from World War II, among them: * a postcard with a photograph of four "Ghaffirs" (guards), [1939]. *A postcard drawn by hand, written in Czech, sent from Sarafend (Zrifin] detention camp (signed Jokl), 1940. * Real-Photo postcard portraying Jewish Brigade soldiers marching in Tel-Aviv.
26-28. Postcards from the 1950s depicting IDF operations.
29-34. Group photographs of soldiers in Palestine [ca. 1940s].
Total of 34 postcards and photographs. Condition varies.