Lot 574
Postcards from Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck – Berlin, 1941-1942
3 postcards from Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck sent to Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Löw in Szeged, Hungary. Berlin 1941-1942.
In two of the postcards, Baeck sends his friend greetings for the New Year, and in the third, he notifies him that he sent him a copy of the annual magazine Monatsschrift that he publishes. After the Nazis rise to government, Baeck served as the country's representative leader of German Jews (Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden) and was accepted by all German Jewish sectors. He continued to secretly train rabbis for the waning Jewish community even after it was prohibited by the Nazis. During World War II, Baeck had many opportunities to leave Germany but he believed that a leader must stand by the side of his community and therefore he did not take advantage of any of the offers. In 1943, he was sent to Theresienstadt where he continued to lead German Jewry. Rabbi Baeck survived the Holocaust and after the war, he moved to London. Two postcards are typed and signed and the third is fully hand written. 10.5X15 cm. Very good condition.
