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"The Behr Tree" – History of a Jewish Family from Lithuania – England, 1949

The Behr Tree (1683-1929), by Arnold Levy. "Printed for private circulation by Barnicotts Limited", Taunton, England, 1949. English.
A book detailing the history of the various branches of Behr (Behrman) family from the day when the father of this family, Behr Drucker, settled in the town of Kretinga in Lithuania in 1723, and the way in which the family members were scattered all over Europe, Palestine and the United States. The book includes numerous photographs of the family members and detailed family trees of the different generations.
XIII, [1], 130 pp + [21] photograph-plates + [13] genealogy charts, some folding. Good condition. Foxing. Creases and some tears (tears reinforced with pieces of adhesive tape to margins of one leaf). Slight defects to binding. Book is slightly bent.