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\u201cDarkness, gloom all around, winds blowing, and a burning cold. No matter, you get over it. I imagine it’s not quite like that for all of you in the various corners of Jerusalem\u2026”<\/p>\n

Workers in the National Library of Israel\u2019s Archives and Manuscripts departments may deal with historical documents and riveting personal accounts from the distant past for a living \u2013 but they are not occupants of an ivory tower, indifferent to the events of the day and the outside world. These are human beings, and like all other people, they are affected by what goes on outside \u2013 political and diplomatic developments, as well as other current events.<\/p>\n

This is true today and it was also true in October 1973, as well as the long months that followed. Workers in the Manuscripts and Archives Department (today they are two separate departments) were called to the front during the Yom Kippur War, serving many long months of reserve duty afterwards to protect Israel\u2019s borders. At the time, the IDF provided soldiers with postcards, encouraging them to write home \u2013 under the limitations of military censorship \u2013 and a number of our manuscript experts took advantage of this opportunity. They chose to write not only to their families, but also wrote to their colleagues at the Library. They asked to be kept up to date on how work was progressing with the parchments and yellowing pages containing the story of the Jewish People, and the State of Israel.<\/p>\n

Some of these historic postcards have been preserved, and we found a number of them in a file kept in the National Library archives. The postcards reveal the messages which the army sought to deliver to the public, offering a glimpse of the situation after the fighting had ceased and the very human experiences of those who remained on the front lines: the unpleasant conditions, the hope of returning home or at least receiving some leave time, and also the burning desire to know what was going on in the wider world.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEverything’s fine with me. Am at \u2018the end of the world\u2019 and hope to be released before 1980.\u201d The National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cEverything’s fine with me,\u201d one of the workers informed Rafi Weiser, the legendary director of the Archives and Manuscript Department. \u201cAm at \u2018the end of the world\u2019 and hope to be released before 1980.\u201d The optimistic design of the artwork on the postcard was produced by the office of the IDF’s Chief Education Officer. It quotes a famous song by Israeli songwriter Ehud Manor, Bashanah HaBa’ah<\/em> or \u201cNext Year\u201d \u2013 \u201cWe will see, we will see, just how good it will be (refrain: in the next year, in the next year, in the next year)\u201d. Another employee asked to thank a worker named Hannah for sending him specific newspaper clippings. \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll go on leave soon,\u201d he hoped.<\/p>\n

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The artwork features the quote – \u201cWe will see, we will see, just how good it will be.\u201d Song lyric by Ehud Manor on an official IDF postcard. The National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In another postcard from November 1973, just three weeks after the war ended, a soldier named Amos rejoiced at the letters sent to him by department employees. \u201cIt\u2019s good to see that there are people who still deal in catalogs and archives and not nonsense like what we\u2019re dealing with,\u201d Amos wrote. He didn\u2019t forget to send congratulations to a colleague named Rachel who \u201cfell for the trap and got married,\u201d adding an update: \u201cThey say we\u2019ll stay here for a long time, but hopefully we\u2019ll return soon.\u201d The artwork on the postcard is adorned with the words \u201cI feel five out of five [i.e., 100%]\u201d, which we can only hope actually represented the feeling of the soldiers at the time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHello! I was happy to receive your letter, and it\u2019s good to see that there are people who still deal in catalogs and archives and not nonsense like what we\u2019re dealing with. Congratulations are of course due to Rachel [\u2026] who fell for the trap and got married. They say we\u2019ll stay here for a long time, but hopefully we\u2019ll return soon. See you, Amos” – The National Library collections, photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cI feel five out of five\u201d, a positive message on an official IDF postcard. The National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In December 1973, a soldier named Motti delivered the postcard which features the quote appearing at the top of this article. The soldiers were cold, the atmosphere gloomy, but Motti hoped that everything was functioning a usual at work. In the postcard he also tells of how he managed to visit Rafi Weiser, the department director, during his brief vacation, and how he hoped his next period of leave would allow him to also visit the rest of the department.<\/p>\n

In another postcard, sent two months later, Motti tells of how he returned to the \u201csame \u2018dunam\u2019 [acre] of land I\u2019ve known for so long.\u201d What else did Motti have to say? \u201cWith me there is certainly nothing new aside from the increasing boredom.\u201d But Motti had a solution: \u201cIt seems to me that paper hasn\u2019t run out in the department and all the cutbacks and downsizing befalling the university [\u2026] need not disrupt any letters from being sent to me from your direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cough, cough. Help out your friend on the front and send me word.<\/p>\n

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The National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cSomewhere\u2026same place\u2026Hello! Darkness, gloom all around, winds blowing, and a burning cold. No matter, you get over it. I imagine it’s not quite like that for all of you in the various corners of Jerusalem. How are you\u2026I want to believe everything\u2019s OK and flowing as usual. Fortunately, we succeeded in \u2018playing hooky\u2019 for a few hours and hopped over to Rafi’s. We were very, very happy to meet, exchange views and just see one another. By the way, he\u2019s working hard with all his energy. I\u2019ll try to hop over next vacation. Write!!\u201d, the National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cSame place\u2026and Rafi knows where\u2026I really hope everything\u2019s still normal. What\u2019s new in the department? At this stage, I\u2019ve returned to the same \u2018dunam\u2019 [acre] of land I\u2019ve known for so long. With me there is certainly nothing new aside from the increasing boredom. How\u2019s Efraim, did he get out? It seems to me that paper hasn\u2019t run out in the department and all the rationing and downsizing befalling the university [\u2026] need not disrupt any letters from being sent to me from your direction. Regards to everyone\u2026 yours, Motti\u201d, the National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another postcard from Motti contains a simple optimistic message. On one side Motti wrote: \u201cMay it be so\u2026 See ya,\u201d adding an arrow directing readers to flip to the other side. Here, we see a drawing \u2013 perhaps by Motti himself. A flower blooming in the desert, and a shining sun in the background. Underneath is a large, prominent caption: \u201cHomeward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMay it be so \u2026 See ya. Motti\u201d, the National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cHomeward\u201d, the National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The file also contains a number of postcards with nothing written on them. One contains a caricature by “Dosh” (Kariel Gardosh) drawn specifically for the war. Another contains a drawing hoping for peace. Many postcards have illustrations of happy soldiers writing home. One contains a caricature with an educational message telling of the situation in those days: four children can be seen energetically doing house chores \u2013 one peels potatoes, one washes the dishes, two work to scrub the floors. At the bottom is a caption: \u201cChildren, help mom.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cChildren, help mom\u201d – the National Library of Israel collections. Photo: Amit Naor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Yom Kippur War touched almost every Israeli home in those years. The thin file containing these postcards shows us how the war affected the work of the National Library as well \u2013 while also showing how this organization works to preserve the memory of that time, to this very day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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