Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Album of Photographs and Translation of a Diary – Journey to Palestine in 1932 – Adloyada and Maccabiah

Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
An album of photographs and a translation of a diary recording the journey of Eric (Eliezer) Derzel to Palestine in 1932. German.
1. An album with 72 photographs of Palestine (mounted on the album leaves), including professional photographs from the Adloyada celebrations and the Maccabiah events in Tel-Aviv, as well as nice photographs from Jaffa, Jerusalem and its vicinity. Most photographs are titled in German (on the leaves). The album is titled "Palastina-Reise 1932, II" (first album is missing). Some photographs taken in Alexandria and Italy also appear in the album (not counted).
Size varies, photographs: approx. 6X8.5 cm to 13X18 cm (some photographs appear twice, in the small format and the large format). Good condition. Tears to tissue guards. Album: 23.5X33.5 cm. Good condition. Tear to front binding and minor blemishes to margins and corners.
2. "My Parents' Journey to Palestine in 1932 – translation from German into Hebrew". Hebrew translation of a diary recording the journey photographed in the aforementioned album (the translation was done by one of the family members late in the 20th century).
[21] leaves, 20 cm. Very good condition.
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