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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $350
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Confirmation of transfer of money to the "Ha'avara" company, owned jointly by the Anglo-Palestine Bank and the Jewish Agency. Printed certificate with typed details and the signature of a representative of the Anglo-Palestine Bank. 1936. English.
The Transfer Agreement was signed in 1933 between the government of Nazi Germany and the Jewish Agency, with the aim of transferring the possessions and capital of Germany's Jews to Palestine. The agreement caused a major conflict in the Jewish community in Palestine and in the Diaspora, related among other things to the moral propriety of negotiating with the Nazis and the economic gain to be derived therefrom.
[1] leaf, 28X22 cm. Good condition. Creases to margins and some stains. Filing holes.
The Transfer Agreement was signed in 1933 between the government of Nazi Germany and the Jewish Agency, with the aim of transferring the possessions and capital of Germany's Jews to Palestine. The agreement caused a major conflict in the Jewish community in Palestine and in the Diaspora, related among other things to the moral propriety of negotiating with the Nazis and the economic gain to be derived therefrom.
[1] leaf, 28X22 cm. Good condition. Creases to margins and some stains. Filing holes.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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![Israelitischer Kalender nebst Barmizwah-Tabelle für das Jar 5700 [Calendar for 5700], edited by Isaac Sulzbach from Fran](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/194.jpg "Calendar for the Jewish Year 5700 - Berlin, 1939")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Unsold
Israelitischer Kalender nebst Barmizwah-Tabelle für das Jar 5700 [Calendar for 5700], edited by Isaac Sulzbach from Frankfurt am Main. Berlin: Verlag des Judischen Kulturbundes in Deutschland e. V., 1939. German and Hebrew.
Pocket format, including prayer times at synagogues of the Frankfurt am Main community.
45, [3] pp. 13 cm. Fair condition. Tears to spine, reinforced with adhesive tape. Stains. Small tears to part of page margins. Pencil markings on some leaves.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Pocket format, including prayer times at synagogues of the Frankfurt am Main community.
45, [3] pp. 13 cm. Fair condition. Tears to spine, reinforced with adhesive tape. Stains. Small tears to part of page margins. Pencil markings on some leaves.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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![Jødisk Lomme Almanak 5703. Copenhagen: Hertz, [1942].
Pocket format. Printed in 1942, a few months before most of Den](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/195.jpg "Calendar for 1942-1943 - Copenhagen, 1942")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Unsold
Jødisk Lomme Almanak 5703. Copenhagen: Hertz, [1942].
Pocket format. Printed in 1942, a few months before most of Denmark's Jews were smuggled to the coast of Sweden in fishing boats.
[1] Title page-wrapper, [16], [2] pp. 13.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains (some dark), small tears and creases. Stamp on title page.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Pocket format. Printed in 1942, a few months before most of Denmark's Jews were smuggled to the coast of Sweden in fishing boats.
[1] Title page-wrapper, [16], [2] pp. 13.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains (some dark), small tears and creases. Stamp on title page.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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![Hitler was Murdered: The Mysterious Death of Adolf Hitler. By Ari Sharim [Aharon Shamir]. Tel Aviv: Tofel / Sifriyat HaBalash](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/196.jpg "\"The Mysterious Death of Adolf Hitler\" - Tel Aviv, 1940")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Hitler was Murdered: The Mysterious Death of Adolf Hitler. By Ari Sharim [Aharon Shamir]. Tel Aviv: Tofel / Sifriyat HaBalash, [1940]. Hebrew.
A short, fictional story about the murder of Hitler by an underground movement led by the actor and director Leni Riefenstahl (in the story she is Hitler's lover). The front cover illustration shows Hermann Göring standing above Hitler's corpse, and Hitler as a skeleton.
Aharon Shamir (1917-2006) was a writer, journalist and founder and editor of the weeklies La'Isha and 7 Yamim. Shamir fought in the Jewish Brigade during WW2 and served as a military reporter for HaBoker. In the 1930s and 1940s, he published pulp thrillers and detective stories under various pseudonyms.
According to Israeli popular literature researcher Eli Eshed, this is the first "alternate universe" story written in Hebrew. (For additional information see, Aharon Shamir: The Man who 'Murdered' Adolf Hitler, in Eli Eshed’s Multi-Universe blog [Hebrew]). Three copies on OCLC.
31 pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Light tears (open) to top left corner of all the leaves.
A short, fictional story about the murder of Hitler by an underground movement led by the actor and director Leni Riefenstahl (in the story she is Hitler's lover). The front cover illustration shows Hermann Göring standing above Hitler's corpse, and Hitler as a skeleton.
Aharon Shamir (1917-2006) was a writer, journalist and founder and editor of the weeklies La'Isha and 7 Yamim. Shamir fought in the Jewish Brigade during WW2 and served as a military reporter for HaBoker. In the 1930s and 1940s, he published pulp thrillers and detective stories under various pseudonyms.
According to Israeli popular literature researcher Eli Eshed, this is the first "alternate universe" story written in Hebrew. (For additional information see, Aharon Shamir: The Man who 'Murdered' Adolf Hitler, in Eli Eshed’s Multi-Universe blog [Hebrew]). Three copies on OCLC.
31 pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Light tears (open) to top left corner of all the leaves.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Movement for the Care of Children from Germany, LTD… First Annual Report, November 1938 - December 1939. Printed by the Refugee Children's Movement at Bloomsbury House, [London, late 1939 or early 1940]. English.
First detailed periodic report on the "Kindertransport" - the rescue operation bringing Jewish and non-Aryan Christian children from the territory of Nazi Germany to Britain, following a resolution taken by the British government after the Kristallnacht events.
The report was printed by the Refugee Children's Movement headed by Lord Gorell, and it includes, among other things, photographs of the children, general information about the organization assisting refugees from Germany and Czechoslovakia, the children's transport operations, the camps and the various committees in England involved in the operation, information about the children's health, education, statistical data about the number of children smuggled out of Germany, sorted according to the countries in which they were resettled, their religion, their parents' occupations and more; diary entries of children during their stay in England, a financial report, and more.
[1], 24, [1] pp, 24.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Library stamps. Bookplate with dedication.
Not in OCLC.
Provenance: collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
First detailed periodic report on the "Kindertransport" - the rescue operation bringing Jewish and non-Aryan Christian children from the territory of Nazi Germany to Britain, following a resolution taken by the British government after the Kristallnacht events.
The report was printed by the Refugee Children's Movement headed by Lord Gorell, and it includes, among other things, photographs of the children, general information about the organization assisting refugees from Germany and Czechoslovakia, the children's transport operations, the camps and the various committees in England involved in the operation, information about the children's health, education, statistical data about the number of children smuggled out of Germany, sorted according to the countries in which they were resettled, their religion, their parents' occupations and more; diary entries of children during their stay in England, a financial report, and more.
[1], 24, [1] pp, 24.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Library stamps. Bookplate with dedication.
Not in OCLC.
Provenance: collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Three items from the British detention camps on the Isle of Man, 1940. English.
1. Prayer book, part 1 - Rosh Hashana, part 2 - Yom Kippur, edited by the Liberal Jewish Congregation of the Central Promenade Camp. "Arranged by R.A. Lehman". Douglas, Isle of Man, 1949.
Prayer booklet for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, printed for German and Austrian refugees in the British detention camps on the Isle of Man. Handwritten and duplicated by stencil. On p. 11 is a glossary of abbreviations in Hebrew, English and German. [1], 34 pp, 33 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line. Stains. Creases to corners.
Not in OCLC.
2. An illustration of one of the detention camps in Douglas. Stenciled leaf, hand-colored. Dated in print: Douglas, 1940. At the bottom of the leaf is a handwritten dedication by two brothers whose surname is Gartner - former detainees at the Central Camp in Douglas (English). 32.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line and creases. Stains and slight defects to margins.
3. Postcard, printed and hand-colored, for Hanukkah. Printed at the Mooragh detention camp (in the city of Ramsey on the Isle of Man), in 1940. On the front is an illustration of a Hanukkah lamp surrounded with rays of light, in a light blue frame with Stars of David on the corners and the caption "Light for all / Chanuka 5701 , Mooragh Camp / Ramsey-Isle of Man". Approx. 13.5X8.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
At the outbreak of World War II, 75,000 German and Austrian citizens were living in Great Britain; most had arrived during the 1930s, fleeing Nazi persecution. The British government, fearing infiltration by Nazi spies and collaborators, resolved on a policy of arrest and detention. First, all the German and Austrian men aged 16 to 60 were arrested; later the women were arrested as well. In July 1940 the detainees were sent to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea (a Crown Dependency), where a number of detention camps were built. Out of the thousands of detainees on the Isle of Man, most were Jews, and many were in open opposition to the Nazi regime. In the camps they led a buoyant cultural life (many of the detainees were professors, doctors, scientists and artists). The Hutchinson Camp was even called the "Artists' Camp" because of its detainees' rich artistic activities.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
1. Prayer book, part 1 - Rosh Hashana, part 2 - Yom Kippur, edited by the Liberal Jewish Congregation of the Central Promenade Camp. "Arranged by R.A. Lehman". Douglas, Isle of Man, 1949.
Prayer booklet for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, printed for German and Austrian refugees in the British detention camps on the Isle of Man. Handwritten and duplicated by stencil. On p. 11 is a glossary of abbreviations in Hebrew, English and German. [1], 34 pp, 33 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line. Stains. Creases to corners.
Not in OCLC.
2. An illustration of one of the detention camps in Douglas. Stenciled leaf, hand-colored. Dated in print: Douglas, 1940. At the bottom of the leaf is a handwritten dedication by two brothers whose surname is Gartner - former detainees at the Central Camp in Douglas (English). 32.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line and creases. Stains and slight defects to margins.
3. Postcard, printed and hand-colored, for Hanukkah. Printed at the Mooragh detention camp (in the city of Ramsey on the Isle of Man), in 1940. On the front is an illustration of a Hanukkah lamp surrounded with rays of light, in a light blue frame with Stars of David on the corners and the caption "Light for all / Chanuka 5701 , Mooragh Camp / Ramsey-Isle of Man". Approx. 13.5X8.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
At the outbreak of World War II, 75,000 German and Austrian citizens were living in Great Britain; most had arrived during the 1930s, fleeing Nazi persecution. The British government, fearing infiltration by Nazi spies and collaborators, resolved on a policy of arrest and detention. First, all the German and Austrian men aged 16 to 60 were arrested; later the women were arrested as well. In July 1940 the detainees were sent to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea (a Crown Dependency), where a number of detention camps were built. Out of the thousands of detainees on the Isle of Man, most were Jews, and many were in open opposition to the Nazi regime. In the camps they led a buoyant cultural life (many of the detainees were professors, doctors, scientists and artists). The Hutchinson Camp was even called the "Artists' Camp" because of its detainees' rich artistic activities.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Issue of the newspaper The Star, no. 44, CIXXIX. Guernsey, an island in the English Channel. April 10, 1943. English.
The front page features an article on the growing influence of Jews in the British government: "Jews Fasten Their Tentacles on Britain", a pseudo-historical survey of the Jewish invasion of British nobility, alongside an article presenting Germany's contribution to world culture.
Guernsey is situated in the English Channel, near the French coast. It is part of the territories of the Crown Dependency and is not part of the United Kingdom. It has no representation in the British parliament, but its foreign and security affairs are managed by Britain. During World War II the islands in the English Channel, including Guernsey, were under German Nazi occupation. Some of the islands' residents were transferred to German concentration camps, and a concentration camp for forced labor was even constructed on the island of Alderney.
The newspaper "The Star", first printed in 1813, was one of the two newspapers printed on the island during the German occupation. The Germans imposed a harsh censorial regime on the newspaper editorial boards, eventually turning "The Star" into a mouthpiece of their regime. The newspaper's distribution dwindled during the later war years due to a lack of printing resources.
[4] pp. 51 cm. Good condition. Some tears to margins.
The front page features an article on the growing influence of Jews in the British government: "Jews Fasten Their Tentacles on Britain", a pseudo-historical survey of the Jewish invasion of British nobility, alongside an article presenting Germany's contribution to world culture.
Guernsey is situated in the English Channel, near the French coast. It is part of the territories of the Crown Dependency and is not part of the United Kingdom. It has no representation in the British parliament, but its foreign and security affairs are managed by Britain. During World War II the islands in the English Channel, including Guernsey, were under German Nazi occupation. Some of the islands' residents were transferred to German concentration camps, and a concentration camp for forced labor was even constructed on the island of Alderney.
The newspaper "The Star", first printed in 1813, was one of the two newspapers printed on the island during the German occupation. The Germans imposed a harsh censorial regime on the newspaper editorial boards, eventually turning "The Star" into a mouthpiece of their regime. The newspaper's distribution dwindled during the later war years due to a lack of printing resources.
[4] pp. 51 cm. Good condition. Some tears to margins.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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![Squeezing Through! Shanghai Sketches, 1941-1945, by Paula Eskelund & Schiff. Hwa Kuo Printing Co., [Shanghai, 1945?]. Eng](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/200_1.jpg "Squeezing Through! - Illustrated Booklet Describing the Life Led by Re")
![Squeezing Through! Shanghai Sketches, 1941-1945, by Paula Eskelund & Schiff. Hwa Kuo Printing Co., [Shanghai, 1945?]. Eng](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/200_2.jpg "Squeezing Through! - Illustrated Booklet Describing the Life Led by Re")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Squeezing Through! Shanghai Sketches, 1941-1945, by Paula Eskelund & Schiff. Hwa Kuo Printing Co., [Shanghai, 1945?]. English.
Booklet humorously describing the life led by European refugees in Shanghai during the years 1941-1945. With numerous photographs and illustrations, including illustrations depicting the life of the Jews.
Between November 1938 and August 1939, 20,000 refugees from Central Europe arrived in Shanghai, most of them Jews; at the time Shanghai was the only city in the world that could be entered without a passport or a visa (the refugees still needed a visa to leave Europe. In this they were greatly assisted by the Consul-General at the Chinese Consulate in Vienna, Ho Feng-Shan, who issued visas to many refugees contrary to the policy of his superiors. He was later recognized as one of the Righteous among the Nations).
In Shanghai the Jewish refugees were able to preserve some of their European customs, establishing religious, social and cultural institutions. When the war broke out between Japan and the U.S. and the other Allies, the condition of the refugees worsened. In February 1943 the Japanese established a ghetto called the "Restricted Sector" on a territory measuring about 4 square kilometers in Shanghai's Hongkew District. The ghetto's residents endured destitution and distress, but were saved from the Holocaust.
[23] leaves, approx. 13.5X19 cm. Bound with red string. Good condition. Stains (many stains to cover). Pen inscription on title page. Pen inscriptions and sticker remains on back cover.
Booklet humorously describing the life led by European refugees in Shanghai during the years 1941-1945. With numerous photographs and illustrations, including illustrations depicting the life of the Jews.
Between November 1938 and August 1939, 20,000 refugees from Central Europe arrived in Shanghai, most of them Jews; at the time Shanghai was the only city in the world that could be entered without a passport or a visa (the refugees still needed a visa to leave Europe. In this they were greatly assisted by the Consul-General at the Chinese Consulate in Vienna, Ho Feng-Shan, who issued visas to many refugees contrary to the policy of his superiors. He was later recognized as one of the Righteous among the Nations).
In Shanghai the Jewish refugees were able to preserve some of their European customs, establishing religious, social and cultural institutions. When the war broke out between Japan and the U.S. and the other Allies, the condition of the refugees worsened. In February 1943 the Japanese established a ghetto called the "Restricted Sector" on a territory measuring about 4 square kilometers in Shanghai's Hongkew District. The ghetto's residents endured destitution and distress, but were saved from the Holocaust.
[23] leaves, approx. 13.5X19 cm. Bound with red string. Good condition. Stains (many stains to cover). Pen inscription on title page. Pen inscriptions and sticker remains on back cover.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Unsold
Compilation of newspapers of the Jewish Brigade and Jewish units in the British army, 1943-1945. Hebrew.
1-3. Three issues of the biweekly "Niv Ha'Hayal Ha'Ivri", bulletin of the Jewish transportation units, issues 1-3, March/April 1943.
4-5. Two issues of "Yoman", the weekly of the General Transportation Unit "468", Royal Services Corps, issues 50 and 54, July/August 1943.
6-9. Four issues of "BaMa'avak", bulletin of the Jewish Brigade. Issues 1-3 + additional issue (in English), Austrian border, Tamuz-Av 5705 [summer of 1945].
10. Issue of "HaChayal HaIvri", biweekly of the Palestine Unit 178, Royal Services Corps - Jewish General Transportation Unit, issue 10 (48), Italy, February 1944.
11. "BaDrachim", monthly of the water supply unit 405, Royal Services Corps, issue 2, February 1944.
Size and condition vary. Worming to several issues.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
1-3. Three issues of the biweekly "Niv Ha'Hayal Ha'Ivri", bulletin of the Jewish transportation units, issues 1-3, March/April 1943.
4-5. Two issues of "Yoman", the weekly of the General Transportation Unit "468", Royal Services Corps, issues 50 and 54, July/August 1943.
6-9. Four issues of "BaMa'avak", bulletin of the Jewish Brigade. Issues 1-3 + additional issue (in English), Austrian border, Tamuz-Av 5705 [summer of 1945].
10. Issue of "HaChayal HaIvri", biweekly of the Palestine Unit 178, Royal Services Corps - Jewish General Transportation Unit, issue 10 (48), Italy, February 1944.
11. "BaDrachim", monthly of the water supply unit 405, Royal Services Corps, issue 2, February 1944.
Size and condition vary. Worming to several issues.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Approximately 340 letters and several paper items, written by a Jewish Brigade soldier, Avraham Slitinsky, while he served in the British Army. Eindehoven, Delft, Brussels, Antwerp, London, Italy, Lybia [?] and other places in Europe, May 1943 to February 1946. Hebrew.
Collection of letters from a Jewish Brigade soldier, Avraham Slitinsky; written frequently and in length, to his wife, Michal, who lived in Tel -Aviv.
The letters are very emotional and poetic and describe life in the British Army, Europe during the last years of War, first encounter with refugees, and refer to the birth of Avraham's first daughter. Mentioned in the letters, among other things, is a dispute between British officers and the Brigade soldiers concerning raising a Hebrew flag in the camp; first encounters with Jewish refugees; several letters from Germany with descriptions of German soldiers after the German defeat and Jews in camps, their physical condition and the attempts of Brigade people to move them to Israel; and more.
Some of the letters are written on official stationery of the Jewish Brigade. One letter - on stationery of "Jewish Soldiers Club".
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Folding marks, slight creases and tears at margins. Open tears to a few letters.
Collection of letters from a Jewish Brigade soldier, Avraham Slitinsky; written frequently and in length, to his wife, Michal, who lived in Tel -Aviv.
The letters are very emotional and poetic and describe life in the British Army, Europe during the last years of War, first encounter with refugees, and refer to the birth of Avraham's first daughter. Mentioned in the letters, among other things, is a dispute between British officers and the Brigade soldiers concerning raising a Hebrew flag in the camp; first encounters with Jewish refugees; several letters from Germany with descriptions of German soldiers after the German defeat and Jews in camps, their physical condition and the attempts of Brigade people to move them to Israel; and more.
Some of the letters are written on official stationery of the Jewish Brigade. One letter - on stationery of "Jewish Soldiers Club".
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Folding marks, slight creases and tears at margins. Open tears to a few letters.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $800
Unsold
Two handwritten diaries and a collection of items that belonged to the Jewish Brigade soldier Aharon Laser, soldier in the 1st Palestine Light Anti-Aircraft Battery [202 Field Artillery Regiment]. Cyprus, Italy, Germany and other locations in Europe, ca. 1942-1945. French and Hebrew.
1-2. Two war diaries, written by hand in lined notebooks, from 27.5.44 through 11.12.45, documenting the last months of war in liberated Europe.
"The circumstance 3 months after liberation… I saw how they lived as slaves… those who were sentenced to death… Jews had no contact with the Jewish world or with Palestine. I am witnessing the liberated children and the camps of liberated people; I believe I should use expressions… and say that the Allies did not have any compassion towards the liberated"; "since my first meeting with the rest of German children… I turn to you as a Jew… liberated from a concentration camp, a man of conscience…".
Among other things, mentioned in the diaries are: the battle on the Senio River (where the author's friend M.G., as he is referred to in the diary, lost his life): encounters with camps survivors; a week's sojourn in Mittenwald Displace Persons Camp with the American forces, and the problematic attitude of the liberation forces toward the displaced people; efforts of the Jewish Brigade people to assist the displaced to go to Palestine; and more.
The diaries are written hastily in a very dense handwriting, almost illegible, with no chronological order, with many corrections and deletions. In one of the notebooks appears a rewritten draft of previous chapters.
The diaries have not been completely deciphered.
Two notebooks. About 95 written pages, approx. 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Detached or partly detached covers. Leaves are partly detached. Creases, fading and stains. Some leaves fastened with adhesive tape.
3. Aliya! Broadside issued by "HaShomer HaTza'ir", calling to open the gates of Israel for the refugees. [Europe, 1945?]. French.
Leaf, 27 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks, some stains and tears at margins, fastened with adhesive tape.
4. Member card - mutual aid and savings fund of the 1st Palestine Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, in the name of Aharon Laser, signed by him and dated 15.10.42.
12 cm. Good-fair condition. Slight stains and damages.
5. Group-photo of Brigade soldiers, probably in a tent camp in Europe.
13X8 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, slight creases and tears.
1-2. Two war diaries, written by hand in lined notebooks, from 27.5.44 through 11.12.45, documenting the last months of war in liberated Europe.
"The circumstance 3 months after liberation… I saw how they lived as slaves… those who were sentenced to death… Jews had no contact with the Jewish world or with Palestine. I am witnessing the liberated children and the camps of liberated people; I believe I should use expressions… and say that the Allies did not have any compassion towards the liberated"; "since my first meeting with the rest of German children… I turn to you as a Jew… liberated from a concentration camp, a man of conscience…".
Among other things, mentioned in the diaries are: the battle on the Senio River (where the author's friend M.G., as he is referred to in the diary, lost his life): encounters with camps survivors; a week's sojourn in Mittenwald Displace Persons Camp with the American forces, and the problematic attitude of the liberation forces toward the displaced people; efforts of the Jewish Brigade people to assist the displaced to go to Palestine; and more.
The diaries are written hastily in a very dense handwriting, almost illegible, with no chronological order, with many corrections and deletions. In one of the notebooks appears a rewritten draft of previous chapters.
The diaries have not been completely deciphered.
Two notebooks. About 95 written pages, approx. 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Detached or partly detached covers. Leaves are partly detached. Creases, fading and stains. Some leaves fastened with adhesive tape.
3. Aliya! Broadside issued by "HaShomer HaTza'ir", calling to open the gates of Israel for the refugees. [Europe, 1945?]. French.
Leaf, 27 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks, some stains and tears at margins, fastened with adhesive tape.
4. Member card - mutual aid and savings fund of the 1st Palestine Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, in the name of Aharon Laser, signed by him and dated 15.10.42.
12 cm. Good-fair condition. Slight stains and damages.
5. Group-photo of Brigade soldiers, probably in a tent camp in Europe.
13X8 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, slight creases and tears.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Unsold
Fourteen paper items, which belonged to Gold family, from Foehrenwald DP camp. Germany, 1946-1948. German, Yiddish and English.
1-4. Documents which record a deal between the camp management and "Baur" food manufacturing company: two orders of food products issued by the camp management and UNRWA; letter of confirmation issued by the company that payment for the products was received through a donation by Gold family; Delivery note issued by the company.
5. Telegram from London, informing the issue of a special entrance-permit into England in the name of Sofia Gold. [Probably following the family's donation to the above deal].
6. Entry visa with photograph and details of Sofia Gold, with border control ink stamps en route from the camp to England.
7-14. Various documents from the period through which Sofia Gold stayed in the camp: two personal invitations to Sofia Gold - one for the opening of Beitar branch in the camp (Yiddish in Latin characters), the other for a Hanukka celebration in December 1946; a New Year greeting - 1948; two photographs (inmates of the camp during Hanukkah and a young couple carrying a baby); two booklets distributed in camps on behalf of the political movements in Israel; "Eretz Israel in oyfboy" (on behalf of "Po'aley Zion" party), and "Da et Artzecha" (on behalf of "HaHistadrut HaZionit HaChadasha"); "Passover Haggadah", published by "Yaffe", Foehrenwald, 1946.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition. Slight creases, stains and tears to some items.
1-4. Documents which record a deal between the camp management and "Baur" food manufacturing company: two orders of food products issued by the camp management and UNRWA; letter of confirmation issued by the company that payment for the products was received through a donation by Gold family; Delivery note issued by the company.
5. Telegram from London, informing the issue of a special entrance-permit into England in the name of Sofia Gold. [Probably following the family's donation to the above deal].
6. Entry visa with photograph and details of Sofia Gold, with border control ink stamps en route from the camp to England.
7-14. Various documents from the period through which Sofia Gold stayed in the camp: two personal invitations to Sofia Gold - one for the opening of Beitar branch in the camp (Yiddish in Latin characters), the other for a Hanukka celebration in December 1946; a New Year greeting - 1948; two photographs (inmates of the camp during Hanukkah and a young couple carrying a baby); two booklets distributed in camps on behalf of the political movements in Israel; "Eretz Israel in oyfboy" (on behalf of "Po'aley Zion" party), and "Da et Artzecha" (on behalf of "HaHistadrut HaZionit HaChadasha"); "Passover Haggadah", published by "Yaffe", Foehrenwald, 1946.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition. Slight creases, stains and tears to some items.
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Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade, Cyprus Internment Camps
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