Laughter and Tears (Tsehok ve-Dema): Political Cartoons by Yehoshua Adri, Jerusalem, 1945
Yehoshua Adri | Jerusalem: Azriel Press | Hebrew | 1945
A collection of political cartoons by Yehoshua Adri, printed in Jerusalem in 1945. Cartoons dated 1939–1945 address Nazi Germany, concentration camps, refugees and British policy in Palestine. A Passover 1945 drawing takes the form of a Haggadah. Bound in blue cloth with the artist’s name and the Hebrew title stamped in gilt.
Original title: צחוק ודמע
Artist: Yehoshua Adri (יהושע אדרי)
Place: Jerusalem
Printer: Azriel Press
Language: Hebrew
Published: 1945
Format: Clothbound illustrated book
Historical context
Adri worked in the Revisionist Zionist press. His cartoons attacked British rule and rival parties, while his international satire targeted European dictatorships. The Jabotinsky Institute records Laughter and Tears as a 1945 Jerusalem printing by Azriel Press. The book includes cartoons of concentration-camp inmates and Jewish refugees drawn during the war.
Sources: Jabotinsky Institute, exhibition of Yehoshua Adri’s books.
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