• הגדה של פסח תש"ד.
• Hagadah Shel Pesach 5704

Curatorial Notes:

• “We are dining together, Jewish soldiers from all over the diaspora. Our hearts are celebrating [Passover], but our hearts are also agitated. Our hearts are agitated because Egypt is not yet finished with Israel. Because the whole world is our Egypt.” Thousands of Jews from British Mandate Palestine volunteered to serve with the British Army in a “Jewish Brigade” during the Italian Campaign during the Second World War. This Haggadah was written and used by members of that brigade during the Allied advance into Italy. It combines the traditional text with references to the battles these Jewish soldiers were then fighting. The text metaphorically compares Egyptian slavery to the Nazi destruction of European Jews.

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99118105893506421

Format:

• Book

Type:

• Texts

Language:

• Hebrew

Publisher:

• [Italy] : Pelugah ʻIvrit le-Hovalah kelalit 179, 5704 [1944].
• [Italy] : פלוגה עברית להובלה כללית 179, תש"ד.

Extent:

• 31 pages. : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

• Haggadah
• Haggadot—Texts
• Seder—Liturgy—Texts
• Judaism—Liturgy—Texts

Description:

• An adaptation of the traditional text by the Jewish 179 General Transport Company of the British Army. Mimeographed, printed and hand written with illustrations.

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Issuing body:

• Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Service Corps. 179 General Transport Company

Exhibit Tags:

• Armed Resistance
• Spiritual Resistance: Passover Haggadot