Figure 1.--There were not a lot of books published in Hebrew in Europe during World War II. We note a small 46-page volume Orah V’simcha for beginning readers. It is a Hebrew textbook for children published in Basel during 1944, presumably for Swiss Jewish children learning Hebrew. The cover here didn't have any Jewish imgery except for the Hebrew text. Put the cursor on the image to see one of the pages. |
There were not a lot of books published in Hebrew in Europe during World War II. We note a small 46-page volume Orah V’simcha for beginning readers. It is a Hebrew textbook for children published in Basel during 1944, presumably for Swiss Jewish children learning Hebrew. It was written by Chaim Mandelbaum. It includes many illustrations by Klonymous Rothschild. We are unable to read the text. The illustrations seem unrelated to the War or Holocaust. It includes a cardboard playing board, within a unique envelope on the binding verso. In addition: Before the title page, an original photograph of four unidentified Jewish girls. We are not sure just who they are. There is also a dedication “ Gift to the Immigrant-Kids from Stella Schepss?”. I am not sure just what Stella Schepss was. The Swiss turned over many refugees, including children to the NAZIs. Some refugees managed to hide. Perhaps copies of this little book were provided children who who succeeded in fleeing from the NAZIs and hiding in Switzerland.
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