• הגדה די היטליר
• Hagadah di Hiṭler

Curatorial Notes:

• “Wicked Hitler enslaved us and the Allied Forces rescued us with a great and mighty outstretched arm. Had the Brits not come, nor the Yanks, we would not have been saved…” (Trans. by Adi and Jonnie Schnytzer). Written in Morocco during the war, it is jarring to see the word “Hitler” in Hebrew – ​​היטליר – splashed on the cover of a Haggadah. The Judeo-Arabic text follows the structure of a traditional Haggadah, but tells the story of the war up to 1943, focusing on North Africa. It employs colorful language to laud the Allies and mock the Germans, its publication therefore an act of bravery and activism as the war still raged.

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99125443139606421

Format:

• Book

Language:

• Hebrew
• Judeo-Arabic

Publisher:

• Rabat : Nissim ben Shimʻon, [1943?]
• [תאליף] : נסים בן שמעון, [1943?]

Extent:

• 13 pages ; 15 cm

Description:

• In Judaeo-Arabic.
• "Hagadah of Hitler", in imitation of the Passover Hagadah.

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Exhibit Tags:

• Spiritual Resistance: Passover Haggadot