Lot 107
Photograph Album - German Theater Actor during World War II - Photographs of Polish Jews
Album of photographs of a German theater actor. Annaberg, Schwarzenberg, Radom, Boleslawiec, Warsaw and other places in Germany and Poland, [ca. 1938-1940; several photographs from the post-war years].
About 120 photographs, captioned by hand (German) on the leaves of an album that belonged to a German theater actor. The album includes photographs of play performances and cabaret nights, photographed portraits of theater workers (mostly of the album owner), towns and villages in Germany and Poland and a number of personal photographs. The album's later photographs (from 1940 onward) were taken in the territories of occupied Poland, and they include, among other things, 21 photographs of Jews in the places where the actor visited.
Album: 29.5 cm. Photograph size varies, most are 6X9 cm. On the reverse of many photographs is a handwritten inscription. One photograph appears in two copies. Good overall condition. Some of the photographs are partly detached from the album leaves. Damage to binding.
