Absolutely Absolute Secret

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Hebrew translation: _____________________________ "Hasamba (Hebrew: acronym for "The Absolutely Absolute Secret Group") is a series of children's adventure novels, written by Yigal Mossinson. The stories are a chronicle of the heroic exploits of a group of children from Tel-Aviv as they assist the underground Haganah in its struggle for Israel statehood against the British. Subsequent books revolve around assisting the security forces, including the IDF, against Israel's external and internal enemies. It became the most popular series of pocket books ever written in Israel (over a million copies sold) and part of the Israeli culture." Source: Wikipedia
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Shemuel Katz (Illustrator)

Yigal Mossinsohn, Hasamba, Tel-Aviv, 1954

Children’s literature and illustration

The children’s and youth literature especially beloved by generations of Israelis was written and illustrated by Holocaust survivor authors and artists. Henryk Hechtkopf illustrated T’munot M’saprot (Pictures Tell) for toddlers, Alona Frankel weaned Israel children from their diapers with her story Sir haSirim (Once Upon a Potty) and Paul Kor enthralled them with his series Kaspion. Already in his early days as an immigrant Shemuel Katz illustrated Lea Goldberg’s Dira leHaskir (Apartment for Rent) and Igael Mosinshon’s first Hasamba books, whose Israeli characters became the objects of adulation for generations of children and teens. Uri Orlev took upon himself a special role, that of unfolding the annals of the Holocaust in his stories for children and youths; his stories are based on his own experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto while a youth.

Dan Walsh 11:26 AM (2 hours ago) to Yoram Yoram, hmmm...not sure why this is happening.... 1) I DID change the name of the publisher...it is: Tversky Publishing Company (Israel) http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/translation-in-progress-feb... 2) I am not aware that I HAVE a Hebrew translation. I have no idea what the Hebrew on the book cover says. Yoram E. Shamir yoshamir@zahav.net.il 12:48 PM (55 minutes ago) to me Upper line- name of the author Second and third lines –title of the book: Hasambah Or Absolutely absolute secret group Fourth line at the bottom – name of the publisher Note; Hasambah is the Hebrew acronym of the Hebrew name of the group Shemuel Katz (Illustrator) Yigal Mossinsohn, Hasamba, Tel-Aviv, 1954 Children’s literature and illustration The children’s and youth literature especially beloved by generations of Israelis was written and illustrated by Holocaust survivor authors and artists. Henryk Hechtkopf illustrated T’munot M’saprot (Pictures Tell) for toddlers, Alona Frankel weaned Israel children from their diapers with her story Sir haSirim (Once Upon a Potty) and Paul Kor enthralled them with his series Kaspion. Already in his early days as an immigrant Shemuel Katz illustrated Lea Goldberg’s Dira leHaskir (Apartment for Rent) and Igael Mosinshon’s first Hasamba books, whose Israeli characters became the objects of adulation for generations of children and teens. Uri Orlev took upon himself a special role, that of unfolding the annals of the Holocaust in his stories for children and youths; his stories are based on his own experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto while a youth.