ARMISTICE DAY PRAYER: TO BE RECITED AT THE SERVICE ON ARMISTICE DAY, OR, ON THE PRECEDING SABBATH, AFTER THE PRAYER FOR THE KING AND THE ROYAL FAMILY
London, Office Of The Chief Rabbi, 1945. Item #38709
Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 4 pages; 22 cm. In Hebrew and English. A prayer service to commemorate Armistice Day, just months after World War II ended. Armistice Day “is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiegne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o’clock in the morning-the ‘eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month’ of 1918. The date was declared a national holiday in many allied nations, and coincides with Remembrance Day and Veterans Day, public holidays” (Wikipedia 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Prayer, Armistice Day, WWII. OCLC lists 1 holding worldwide (National Libr of Israel) . Moderate edgewear. Slight toning. Very minimal staining. Good + condition. Rare (HOLO2-134-68).
Price: $135.00