A survivors' Haggadah

"In the winters of 1945-1946, Holocaust survivors in the Munich area created an extraordinary illustrated haggadah in preparation for their first Passover after liberation. Written in both Hebrew and Yiddish, it was first published by the Zionist groups Achida and Nocham, and then reprinted by the United States Army of Occupation. For five decades this work was all but forgotten.

Now, The Jewish Publication Society is proud to issue this edition, a facsimile of the original, together with an English translation, previously published in a limited edition by the American Jewish Historical Society." "This is a haggadah created by, for, and truly dedicated to, the She'erith Hapletah, the Saved Remnant, "the few who escaped."".

"The heart of A Survivor's Haggadah is the work of one dedicated man who survived four years in concentration camps: Lithuanian teacher and writer Yosef Dov Sheinson. He not only wrote the text but also designed and decorated the pages and selected powerful woodcuts crafted by another survivor, Hungarian artist Miklos Adler.

In his fascinating introduction, editor Saul Touster, professor emeritus at Brandeis University, tells how he discovered the haggadah among the papers of his father, a former president of Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. He provides not only the history behind the haggadah but also an incisive page-by-page commentary that reveals the startling emotional depth of its text and images."--BOOK JACKET.