Israel's War of Independence – Large Collection of Paper Items, 1948-49 – Draft Documents, Photos, Circulars issued ...

Israel's War of Independence – Large Collection of Paper Items, 1948-49 – Draft Documents, Photos, Circulars issued by the Provisional Government, Ceasefire Agreements, and More – Special Report on the Fortification of Haifa
Large and varied collection of paper items dating from Israel's War of Independence. 1948-49. Hebrew.
Collection includes:
• "Report on Fortification Efforts till May 15, 1948, Haifa": IDF report (mimeographed copy of typewritten document with several corrections and signatures), detailing efforts to fortify and defend Haifa during the War of Independence. Includes detailed diagrams of various types of fortifications, descriptions of hundreds of fortification works (listed according to neighborhoods), a financial report, and more. Housed in original folder.
• 4 documents for soldiers in the War of Independence: IDF draft document; document certifying temporary draft into the Golani Brigade (13th Battalion); new immigrant's draft document; service record document issued by the Haganah staff office in Tel Aviv.
• Handwritten postcard from a soldier held in a prisoner-of-war camp in Jordan, January 1949, and a postcard sent to him. Both bearing the inked stamp of the Red Cross. English.
• "To Residents of Jerusalem" – Poster announcing the end of the siege of Jerusalem and the beginning of the ceasefire, issued by Mayor Daniel Auster.
• "Notice to Residents of Safed" – Notice announcing the victory of Haganah forces in Safed, issued by "Governor of Safed, " Meir Meivar.
• 19 photographs: an armored ambulance, an improvised kitchen at the time of the siege of Jerusalem, a panoramic view of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Musrara (for internal IDF purposes, with instructions to soldiers), a series of photographs of a convoy en route to Jerusalem, and more. The inked stamp of photographer Alfred Bernheim appears on the back of one photo.
• The State of Israel's ceasefire agreements from the time of the War of Independence: Four original publications issued by the State of Israel (Issue nos. 1-4 in the series titled "Ketavei Amanah").
• Magazines and pamphlets ("Kol Yerushalayim, " "Turim, " "Yoman HaMa-arakhah, " "BaMahaneh, " "HaMa'as, " and others); internal circulars issued by the Provisional Government; five color maps of various battlefronts published by Yosef Shapira; personal pocket record book for a member of the Mishmar Ha-Am forces; two booklets issued to soldiers, denouncing the Etzel and Lehi movements; a kerosene rationing card issued to residents of Jerusalem's Rehovot HaBukharim neighborhood; and more.
Some 85 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.