Chasamba
Chasamba ( Hebrew חסמב"ה; English Hasamba ), an acronym from the first letters of “Chawurat Sod Muchlat Behechlet” ( חֲ בוּרַת ס וֹד מֻ חְלָט בְּ הֶחְלֵט; German “absolute secret society”), is a paperback series of adventure stories for children, written by Yig'al Mossinson ( Hebrew יִגְאָל מוסינזון).
The adventure stories chronologically describe the actions of a group of children from Tel Aviv who support the Haganah in their Zionist actions with the aim of founding the State of Israel . They became the most popular paperback books ever written in Israel. More than a million copies have been sold.
action
The adventure stories chronologically describe the exploits of children from Tel Aviv who founded the Chasamba secret society to support the Haganah in their Zionist actions with the aim of establishing the state of Israel . Then they fight supposed enemies of the state of Israel in order to prevent military infiltration and espionage . The group took an active part in the Arab-Israeli wars until 1994.
The stories also contain information on science and history. The stories should underline positive character traits such as friendliness, good behavior, loyalty, friendship, commitment, courage and love of home.
Jaron ("The Commander") and Tamar ("The Beautiful") form the leaders of the secret children's society as a couple. In later books they are replaced by Joaw and Rachel. Two first-generation heroes, Eliahu Hermon and Rafael Kaduri, perish. Years later, Jaron and Tamar get married and their son Uri heads the underground organization in Book 25.
reception
The first book published in Israel during the British Mandate was called Chasamba - Chawurat Sod Muchlat Behechlet ( Hebrew חסמב"ה - חֲבוּרַת סוֹד מֻחְלָט בְּהֶחְלֵטGerman "absolute secret society"). In the following years a total of 44 Chasamba books were published until the author's death in 1994. Some of the books were made into films:
- 1971 book number 5 Chasamba we-Na'arej ha-Hefker ( Hebrew חסמבה ונערי ההֶפְקֵר German: Chasamba and the abandoned youth).
- 1985 the book number 3 Chasamba we-Schodedej Ha-Susim ( Hebrew חסמבה ושׁוֹדֵדֵי הסוסים; German: Chasamba and the horse thieves).
In 2004, Israeli postage stamps were created depicting the books. Newer editions of the books were printed in paperback format.
In 2010 the TV series Chasamba Dor 3 ( Hebrew חסמבה דור 3; German: Chasama 3rd generation). The Israeli TV station Hot 3 and the Israeli children's channel (Arut ha-Jeladim) filmed the material into a TV series with 17 episodes. The series now shows the lives of the earlier children as old people, at the age of 70. A number of well-known actors were hired for this, including Shai Goldstein , who played the role of Shraga haShamen (he .: שרגא השמן).
Characters and roles
The models for the characters in the book series were the children of Kibbutz Na'an, where the author Yigal Mossinson lived from 1938 to 1950.
The commander
The role of Jaron Sahawi (Commander Chasamba) forms the main character. In the numerous receptions the role of Jaron was played by Shlomo Artzi , Oded Kotler , Jizchak (Aki) Awni , Udi Eran Jizchak (Aki) Awni and Juwal Segal .
The beautiful
In the numerous receptions, the role of Tamar was played by Galia Gofer , Smadar Kilchinsky , Nira Rabinovitch , Sendi / Sandy Bar and Orna Fitousi .
The Evil
The role of Elimelech Surkain or simply “Nawal” (dt .: bad guy) plays a Jewish thief. In the numerous receptions, the role of Elimelech Surkain was played by Se'ew Rewach , Josef (Sefi) Riwlin , Shalom Asayag and Itzik Cohen .
The glasses wearer
The role of Yerachmiel-Moshe ( Hebrew משה ירחמיאל) or ha-Memushkaf ( Hebrew המְמֻשְׁקָף; dt .: glasses wearer) plays the Jewish intellectual. In the numerous receptions the role of Yerachmiel-Moshe was played by Mani Pe'er ( Hebrew מני פאר), Dudu Niv Ivanov ( Hebrew דודו ניב), Hugo Yarden ( Hebrew הוגו ירדן), Guy Friedman ( Hebrew גיא פרידמן) and Gal Sajid ( Hebrew גל זייד).
The fat one
The role of Ehud ( Hebrew אהוד) or Ha-Shamen ( Hebrew השָׁמֵן; dt .: the fat) was later played by Shai Goldstein .
The thin one
The role of Usi Shachori ( Hebrew עוזי שָׁחֹרי) or ha-rase ( Hebrew הרָזֶה; dt .: the thin one).
The Yemeni
The role of Menasche ( Hebrew מְנַשֶּׁה י) or ha-Temani ( Hebrew התֵּימָנִי; dt .: the Yemenite) existed from the beginning and refers to the Jews from Yemen who immigrated to Israel.
The Briton
The role of Jack Smith ( Hebrew ג'ק סמית) depicts a British police officer and anti-Semite and refers to the conditions at the time of the founding of the state of Israel, when the country was controlled by the British and they imposed immigration restrictions for Jews fleeing Europe.
The Nazi
The role of Von Bülow ( Hebrew פון בילוב) or Ha-Nazi ( Hebrew הנאצי) represents a National Socialist and an anti-Semite.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hasamba Ve-Shodedey Ha-Susim - The movie (1985; also Crime Doesn't Neigh ) , IMDb
- ↑ Hasamba movies. 123nonstop.com
- ↑ Chasamba we-Na'arej ha-Hefker - The movie (1971; also Hasamba ) , IMDb.
- ↑ Tamar at the age of 70 on ynet.co.il
- ↑ עֵרָן on morfix.co.il
- ↑ אוּדִי on morfix.co.il