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Historical Document Auction 63
17. Ben-Gurion, David. A Life in Letters: a signed photograph, 
(9) autograph letters signed, (18) typed (or printed) letters signed, all 
with exceptional content, signed 1920s Histadrut Teachers’ Union 
Membership Registrar, and 1948 Independence issues of “Ha’aretz” 
and “The Palestine Post.”
Ben-Gurion: A Life in Letters – an historic archive 
comprised of (27) signed letters with exceptional content 
dating from the 1920s to the early 1970s – embodying his 
integral participation in the formation of the modern State 
of Israel.
The archive comprises of the following, with brief notes on content:
1. Photograph signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”) in English, black & white 
(7.75 x 9.75 in.; 197 x 248 mm.) 
2. A teacher’s Histadrut Membership Registrar signed (“D. Ben-
Gurion”) in the 1920s as Secretary General of Histadrut.
3. Printed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), no date, to a graduating 
class of teachers. “Today you join the company of good teachers…establish 
generations of achievers, people of ideals and action, who in their hands is the 
fate of the State and its future…”
4. Autograph letter signed (“D.B.G.”), no date, to Mr. Warhaftig. 
“There are no secrets and the members of the Knesset know as much as 
members of the committee…” 
5. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 21 October 1929, no 
recipient named. “meeting regarding the Arab situation in Eretz [Israel]…” 
6. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 12 September 1939, to 
the Histadrut Poali Agudath Israel, Tel-Aviv. “Understanding the joint 
responsibility of all now … we accept the willingness to lend a hand to any 
action...” 
7. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 5 February 1948, to Moshe 
Novomeysky, Jerusalem. “loan of machines for central industry in Tel-
Aviv, and specifically a direct current electric generator with a diesel engine 
and the equipment associated with such a plant…” 
8. Original four-page issue of Hebrew-language newspaper 
“Ha’aretz,” 17” x 23”, May 16, 1948, picturing Ben-Gurion on the 
first page.
9. Original four-page issue of English-language  newspaper “The 
Palestine Post,” 16” x 23”, May 16, 1948, picturing Ben-Gurion on 
the first page. Third & fourth pages blank.
10. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 7 January 1949, on rare 
“Interim Government” stationery, to Dr. Alexander Carmon, Tel-
Aviv concerning the shortage of manpower and discussing a “suitable 
field of action”.
11. Printed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 1949, mourning a soldier 
who died on 7 January 1949 in the War of Independence.
12. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 26 October 1949, a letter 
of condolence to a mother who has lost her son; reminiscing about 
a voyage both she and Ben-Gurion had to Israel.
13. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 1 February 1959, to 
Rabbi Zorach Warhaftig, also a Signer of the Israeli Declaration of 
Independence, asking for “the name of the man in Haifa – to make our 
investigation easier…” 
14. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 26 September 1951, to 
“Jerusalem Post” editor Gershon Agron reacting to his publishing 
the erroneous statement that he has agreed to the demands of the 
opposing General Zionists Party and had nominated two of their 
members to ministries.
15. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 3 November 1953, to 
poet Anda Amir-Pinkerfeld. “We cannot truly know what happened in 
the days of yore … whatever we do have that is written in our history books 
as miracles that transpired we cannot guarantee is the whole truth …Man 
must hear the voice of God talking to him and to his heart…” 
16. Autograph letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 14 January 1954, to 
the Chief Rabbi of Petach Tikva. “There is room in Israel fir varying 
opinions and perspectives, but it is the love of Israel that binds us together…” 
17. Autograph letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 19 April 1954, to Y. 
Palmon, Advisir for Arab Affairs. “[The Druze] were revealed to me as 
excellent fighters, disciplined and loyal … I hope that this tribe will cast in 
its lot with our people and will find complete freedom and equality in the 
State of Israel…” 
18. Autograph letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 29 November 1954, 
to the parents of a newlywed. “May they have a happy life full of love. 
May they build a blessed home in Israel. Mazel Tov.” 
19. Autograph letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 14 March 1955, to 
MP Meir Yaari of the Mapam Party. “Maybe the Party you belong to 
has no disagreements … The Party I have a privilege of being attached to 
us not of that sort … but I do not know of another Party in Israel that is 
more loyal to the state, the Israeli people, and the vision of Jewish and human 
redemption…” 
20. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 14 May 1955, to MP Seif 
E-Din E-Zoubi of Nazareth. “Following the coup d’etat which was 
carried out by the present heads of Egypt, the Government which I headed 
welcomed the rebels against King Farouk, and I expressed my hope that the 
revolution would … pave a new road of peace for itself. It is regrettable that 
the heads of Egypt have disappointed our hope…” 
21. Typed letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 7 July 1955, to a 
Communist MP of the Knesset. “You can’t ignore what’s going on in 
Asia with Egyptian rulers & murderous group the Fadayin who attack all 
Israeli citizens … [Nasser] told the ‘New York Post’ that he is not fighting 
only Israel, but the Jewish nation & Jewish fortune. The tone is reminiscent 
of ‘Mein Kampf…” 
22. Autograph letter signed (“D. Ben-Gurion”), 22 July 1955, to 
Nahum Goldmann, Executive of the Zionist Federation. “We must 
act with renewed efforts and in every legitimate way, to bring about the day 
when the Jews of the Soviet Union will also be permitted to participate in the 
rebirth of their homeland…” 

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