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"HaHayil, Jewish Soldiers' Daily Newspaper". West Europe [probably Brussels], 1945-1946. Issues nos. 420-653. The newspaper "HaHayil" was first printed in Italy under the name "LaChayal Alon Yomi LeChayalim Ivrim BeYabeshet Europe" (Daily newspaper for Jewish soldiers in Europe). Following the surrender of Nazi Germany, Jewish Brigade soldiers were transferred to the Low Countries, and the paper's editorial moved to Brussels, where the newspaper was printed with a new title. Offered here is a complete collection of all of the issues printed in Brussels, documenting the life of Jewish soldiers in Europe post World War II and the defeat of Germany. Among other subjects, the articles deal at length with the subject of Palestine and the Yishuv – Illegal immigrant ships, establishment of new settlements, the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, relations between the Arabs and the Nazi regime and other subjects; the holocaust and She'erit Hapletah – first testimonies by survivors, maps and plans of ghettos and camps, news from the Nuremberg trials, testimonies by Jewish prisoners of war, attacks on Jewish populations after the war, displaced persons camps and more topics; as well as internal information about the brigade and its soldiers – sports competitions, letters from soldiers, testimonies and documents recording the Brigade battles (among them sketches of the movement of forces in the battle on the Senio River), tables and lists of the various units and the numbers of serving soldiers, and other subjects. The paper also features poems and essays by authors who volunteered to the British army, documenting their experiences at the time – the poets Dov Chomsky, Amir Gilboa, Noah Stern (who was part of the editorial staff of the paper), Amazia Barlas (Independence War casualty), and others. Numerous photographs from Europe and Palestine also appear in the issues, as well as caricatures and drawings by various artists (Mane Katz, Henri Pieck Avigdor Arikha Esther Luria and others). The issues are bound in four volumes according to the order of their appearance. On the front covers of each of the volumes appears a pasted note with the symbol of the paper and below it the number of issues (typewritten). The covers are signed by the editor, Shimshon Oxman (later – Shimon Arad), a senior official of the Foreign Ministry, who fought in the Jewish Brigade during World War II. Markings in pencil alongside essays written by Oxman appear in some of the issues. Enclosed: LaChayal, daily news bulletin for Jewish soldiers in Europe. Italy. 5.3.1945. Issue no 1. Special edition of the paper dated 21.6.1946, present for readers of "HaHayil" from the "editorial and the administration". Total of 234 issues bound in four volumes, approx. 33.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and some defects. Tears at margins of a number of leaves. Damaged and slightly worn bindings. Tears and open tears to spines. One volume is lacking spine; its cover and last leaves are partly detached.