Haggadah Di Hitler - An essay on Hitler and World War II in the format of the Passover Haggadah. Rabat, [1943]

Haggadah Di Hitler - An essay on Hitler and World War II in the format of the Passover Haggadah. Rabat, [1943]

Haggadah Di Hitler By Nissim Ben Shimon. A unique essay on Hitler and the fate of the Jews in World War II, in the format of the Passover Haggadah - Arabic-Jewish. Rabat [1943]. The Haggadah Di Hitler is the only literary work dealing with the events of the war that was composed in Morocco in the format of the Passover Haggadah.

'Haggadah de Hitler' written by Nissim Ben Shimon and published in Rabat with the approval of the French censors. The Haggadah title page does not indicate the date of publication, but the events mentioned in it indicate the fact that it was published in 1943. The Haggadah was published in Morocco following the defeat of the Nazis in North Africa. The author turns the story of the redemption of Bnei Israel from Egypt into a story

The rescue of North African Jews from Nazi invasion following the Allied victory. The essay tells about the suffering of the Jews during the Holocaust from the point of view of the Jews of Morocco, when the climactic events mentioned in it were the landing of British and American forces in North Africa on November 8, 1942, and the repeal of the racial laws against the Jews, known as the "Jewish Regulations", an act attributed in the Haggadah to Charles de Gaulle.

The Haggadah describes the hardships that the Jews experienced during the war and the plagues that the Allies inflicted on the Germans. The Haggadah mentions many events which happened to the Jews of Europe under Nazi rule, and all of them are placed as a parallel to the story of the enslavement and torture in the Passover Haggadah. According to the description, the fate of the Jews of Europe was well known in the countries of North Africa. For example, the author describes harsh decrees imposed on Jews, such as forced labor, marking with yellow badges and Armbands, building concentration camps, and mentions among German actions the plot to use Jews as a "fifth column" to be sent to enemy countries for espionage and aid. The author of the Haggadah explicitly mentions several times the plan of the final solution: 'Go out and Learn what the bastard Goering wanted to do to our ancestors, that Hitler did not decree but only on the Jews, and Goebbels wanted to uproot everything'. The plan to exterminate the Jews is also mentioned in two other places, one is about the Nazis' plot to massacre, and another is where Hitler's order to throw the Jews into the whitewash is mentioned - a hint to strange and horrific deaths.

The story of the five sages who told the Exodus all night is told in the Haggadah about the five leaders of Italy and Germany - Mussolini, Hitler, Goering, Ribbentrop and Chanu, who concocted their evil plot at night.

The idea of the Jews returning to Zion is mentioned in the Haggadah in two places. The opening reads, "Next year in Palestine, free people" instead of "Next year in Ar'a Disrael", and towards the end, Roosevelt's proposal "Take us to Palestine" is placed as the culmination of the events in the "Dayenu". In both places the author chose the name 'Palestine' under the traditional name of 'Eretz Israel'.

The 'Haggadah Di Hitler' is written in Hebrew letters and based on the Arabic-Jewish language that is reflected in the "Sherach" (the translation) of the Passover Haggadah. On the Arabic side, most of the real information in the essay (such as names and concepts directly related to the war) drawn from French. Political terminology: Le statut des juifs - Jewish Regulations; les Gaullistes; The Gaulists; 'la Royal Air Force; Royal Air Force; Les Bombardements; the shelling; camp de la concentration; concentration camp; etc.

For details on the Haggadah and its contents, see "Peamim" No. 114-115 - North African Jews during World War II. And see also in Michal Sherf's book: "The Hitler Scroll in North Africa".

[1], 13 p. 15 cm. Few stains. Good condition.