20 documents describing the attempts of the World Agudat Yisrael and Swiss Jewish organizations to save the Jews of Hungary and Czechoslovakia before and during the Holocaust. Hebrew, German, Czech and English.
Amongst them: Letters by Dr. Ya'akov Griffel, an Agudat Yisrael representative in Constantinople, who took care of transit visas to Turkey; a letter by Ludwig [Yehuda Leib] Kastner, a former Czech businessman who worked together with Griffel, addressed to the Jerusalem Agudat Yisrael Management; letters from Agudat Yisrael in Bratislava and London; three copies of telegrams in English about saving rabbis (including a list of names) requesting to issue them certificates to bring them to Eretz Yisrael; three leaves with lists of names "from Terezin to Slovakia until the end of 1944"; a handwritten protocol which states, "Va'ad Hatzala of 250 Czech survivors that were granted aliya permits", and other documents. For additional details about the attempts of Agudat Yisrael to save Jews and its unique cooperation with the Revisionist Movement, see the attached article by Yehudit Tidor-Baumel. Varied size and condition.

The Tragedy of Slovak Jewry – photographs and documents, published by the Federation of the Bratislava Communities Documentation Project. [Bratislava, 1949].
Book containing copies of documents and photographs documenting the persecutions endured by Slovak Jewry throughout WWII. Includes a separate booklet with an English and Hebrew foreword. Good condition. Tears on the cover. Several detached sheets.

In the Path of Suffering to the Homeland. Published by “Ha-Brycha”, 1945-1948.
Important Holocaust-related book with dozens of photographs that document the massive illegal emigration of European Jews from countries freed by the Red Army, first to the shores of the Mediterranean and from there to Eretz Israel. Parts of the book are dedicated to the perilous journey of the children and orphans who walked the escape paths, while another part documents the journey and capture of the ship Exodus. Accompanied by explanations and verses from the Bible, in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. Foreword by Ephraim Dekel, "Haganah" member and among the instigators of the “Brycha". [104] leaves, 34x25cm. Good condition. Cover slightly damaged.

Receipts for donations for "Mass Am Lochem" in displaced persons camps in the Kassel area, Germany, 1948-1949.
Eighty-nine receipts, some printed and others typewritten and stenciled, plus 13 printed forms from München, 1949: "Upon completion of the operation 'Mass Am Lochem' in the city/camp…It is our pleasure to thank you for the hard work you have done."
Camps mentioned are Hofgeismar, Hasenhecke, Fritzlar, and other camps. The names of the camp and the donor were written on the recipts, with an ink-stamp "Mass Am Lochem" or a printed emblem. Total of 102 items, size varies, good condition.

Membership card, "Histadrut Agudat Israel U'Po'aley Agudat Israel BeAustria, HaMerkaz BeSalzburg". Bad Gastein, 1947. Hebrew, Russian, English, German and French.
Given to the member Haim Yuda Weiss, born in 1912. Signature of the local committee head, and the association's ink stamps. 8pp, 14.5cm. Fair condition. Tears, wear and stains.