Jews in the Military

649 Total

48 Online

DESCRIPTION

The holdings consist of pamphlets, journals, books, prints, postcards, letters, and other documents that reflect the participation of and support for Jewish soldiers in armies around the world from 1814 through the mid-20th century. The collection includes tiny prayer books that were produced for Jewish soldiers fighting in the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the Boer War, and World War I, suitable for being secretly carried in small pockets of their uniforms. The journals highlight the contributions of Jewish soldiers to international military efforts. One photographic card shows soldiers participating in the seder night, dressed in German uniforms. Remarkable prints reflect artists’ impressions of Yom Kippur prayers during the Franco-Prussian War. The material in this collection is rare and has not been published to date.


DATES

1810-1950

PROVENANCE

The collection was acquired in 2016 from Fishburn Books, a specialty London-based bookstore with a focus on rare and antiquarian Judaica and Hebraica. The seller sought to keep the Jewish military collection intact.

HIGHLIGHTS

Postcard "Yom Kippur. Day of Atonement before the Battle of Metz [in] 1870," undated

Postcard "Yom Kippur. Day of Atonement before the Battle of Metz [in] 1870," undated

Postcard "Kol Nidre (Eve of the Day of Atonement) outside Metz [in] 1870," undated

Postcard "Kol Nidre (Eve of the Day of Atonement) outside Metz [in] 1870," undated

Postcard "Herr Silbergulden as a replacement reservist," 1909

Postcard "Herr Silbergulden as a replacement reservist," 1909

Sheet music for Isidor Lillian's "A Grus fun die Trenches," 1918

Sheet music for Isidor Lillian's "A Grus fun die Trenches," 1918

Leaflet with Psalm 67 as a menorah, to be read in wartime, undated

Leaflet with Psalm 67 as a menorah, to be read in wartime, undated

Postcard featuring Jewish soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian army, ca. 1914-1918

Postcard featuring Jewish soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian army, ca. 1914-1918

Photograph of a wedding under a chuppah, 1942

Photograph of a wedding under a chuppah, 1942

Pamphlet "1,000,000 Jews in the Armies of Freedom," ca. 1944

Pamphlet "1,000,000 Jews in the Armies of Freedom," ca. 1944

"Kol Korea" (The voice of Korea) newsletter about the Passover seder, 1946

"Kol Korea" (The voice of Korea) newsletter about the Passover seder, 1946

FEATURED

"Kol Korea" (The voice of Korea) newsletter about the Passover seder, 1946

Item Record

Leaflet, Issue No. 28, HQ XIV Corps, published April 5, 1946. The newsletter includes details of upcoming Passover sedorim in Seoul and Pusan, Korea. The reverse side covers world Jewish news, including events in Palestine and Birobidzhan.

"Kol Korea" (The voice of Korea) newsletter about the Passover seder, 1946
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