This small book, often called “The Survivor’s Haggadah,” is not a Haggadah proper. Rather, it is a Passover service created for a gathering of Jewish U.S. servicemen and survivors in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Composed and designed by Yosef Sheinson, a survivor of Dachau, it includes elements of the traditional Passover Haggadah, mostly modified, but it also includes new poems and readings (some in Yiddish), along with haunting prints by Miklos Adler. Both the text and the artwork of the book echo the questions that those gathering in Munich must have had, connecting the recent horror with themes of past oppression of Jews. No participant could have been unmoved ty the service. 

The text on this page ties traditional Haggadah formulae to recent events: the one who is blessed for keeping his promise to Israel is not God but Lord Balfour (of the Balfour declaration, recognizing the right of Jews to build a national home in Palestine), though that promise was undermined by the British White Paper, which limited Jewish Aliyah to the Promised Land.