Memoires

1963 — Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Attractive dust jacket designed by Eli Gross. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). Edition in English. 307 p. Signed and inscribed by Krinizi to Güzin Alpan as 'To mrs. Güzin Alpan, with compliments'. Krinizi was an Israeli politician who served as the first mayor of Ramat Gan between 1926 and 1969. In 1926, the Mandatory Palestine government granted Ramat Gan the status of a local council, and Krinitzi became its first Head. Between 1926 and his death in 1969 he won twelve consecutive elections, and hs term in office of 43 years (24 years as the Head of the Council and another 19 years as mayor) is thought to be a world record. During his term in offices, he oversaw a succession of coalitions between right-wing and centrist parties. This book is an autobiography ofa dynamic creative personality. It spans sixty years packed with drama and with change. Flowing over with a wealth of personal experience in war, in peace, in political conflict and in the daily toil to build a city out of barren nothingness, Abraham Krinizi's reminiscences are a colourful, often thrilling backdrop of the Israel today. First English Edition.