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Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Confirmation of transfer of money to the "Ha'avara" company, owned jointly by the Anglo-Palestine Bank, Bank of the Temple Society and the Jewish Agency. Printed certificate with handwritten details and ink-stamp of the Bank of the Temple Society. 1936. English.
The Transfer Agreement (Haavara) 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 there from.
[1] leaf, 22X25 cm. Good condition. Creases to margins and some stains. Filing holes.
The Transfer Agreement (Haavara) 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 there from.
[1] leaf, 22X25 cm. Good condition. Creases to margins and some stains. Filing holes.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
Catalogue
Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $6,000
Unsold
Passport (identity) photo of Mordechai Anielewicz, commander of the Jewish Fighting Organization in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. [Poland, mid-late 1930s].
There are a few known photographs of Anielewicz, who was killed in combat with the Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at the age of 24, but the present photograph was previously unknown.
Mordechai Anielewicz (born 1919 or 1920, killed 8 May 1943) - commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, born in an impoverished Warsaw neighborhood, completed the "Laor" Jewish secondary school in the city and joined the Shomer HaTza'ir movement. About a week after the outbreak of World War II he fled Warsaw with a group of friends, alumni of the youth movement, who fled eastwards, assuming that was where the Polish resistance to the Germans would operate. When the territories of Eastern Poland were occupied by the Soviet Army, Anielewicz and his companions attempted to cross the border into Romania in order to create an escape route for youth on their way to Palestine, but there Anielewicz was arrested and imprisoned in a Soviet prison. After his release he returned to occupied Warsaw, continuing to Vilnius, where refugees, members of youth movements and party members from Warsaw had arrived. Anielewicz demanded from his movement comrades to send a core group of instructors back into occupied German territory, in order to continue their clandestine educational and political activities; he and his girlfriend Mira Fuchrer were among the first to volunteer to return to Warsaw. Beginning in January 1940, Anielewicz became the leader of the underground "Shomer HaTza'ir" movement, organizing youth groups and instructing them, taking part in the publication of underground newspapers, managing conventions and seminars, and often travelling illegally to settlements and branches of the movement in outlying ghettoes.
With the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, and following the first reports of the mass murder of Jews in the territories of the East, Anielewicz's position and interests changed, and he turned to the organization of self-defense forces in the ghetto. In 1942, as the deportations to the death camps expanded, Anielewicz travelled to Czestochowa to organize an uprising. He returned to Warsaw following reports of the Great Aktzia, during which most of the ghetto's Jews were deported, and was among the founders of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB) in the Warsaw Ghetto in October 1942. Anielewicz was chosen to lead to organization, despite his military inexperience, and on 18 January 1943 he led her first battle against the Germans, who had entered the ghetto to carry out another deportation.
On Passover Eve, 19 April 1943, German forces entered the ghetto and were ambushed by the rebel forces - the ZOB, the Jewish Military League (ZZW) and the Polish Resistance. On the morning of April 20th the combatants were issued an ultimatum to lay down their weapons and surrender by 10 am; the ultimatum was rejected by the ghetto defenders. On 8 May, the Germans discovered a large bunker on 18 Miła Street, which served as the ZOB's headquarters, where most of the organization's surviving leadership was staying, together with dozens of other rebels. The fighters refused to surrender to the Germans and decided to carry out a mass suicide by swallowing cyanide pills. Among the fallen was Mordechai Anielewicz. His deputy Marek Edelman, together with several dozen fighters, were able to escape to the Aryan side with the help of JCO combatant Simcha Rotem (Kazik) a few days later.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is considered the largest and most significant uprising of Jews against Nazis during the Holocaust, becoming a symbol of Jewish resistance along with the figure of Anielewicz himself, which has come to symbolize leadership, courage, and sacrifice.
4X6.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Slight defects to the lower side and lower reverse side. Stains to reverse.
There are a few known photographs of Anielewicz, who was killed in combat with the Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at the age of 24, but the present photograph was previously unknown.
Mordechai Anielewicz (born 1919 or 1920, killed 8 May 1943) - commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, born in an impoverished Warsaw neighborhood, completed the "Laor" Jewish secondary school in the city and joined the Shomer HaTza'ir movement. About a week after the outbreak of World War II he fled Warsaw with a group of friends, alumni of the youth movement, who fled eastwards, assuming that was where the Polish resistance to the Germans would operate. When the territories of Eastern Poland were occupied by the Soviet Army, Anielewicz and his companions attempted to cross the border into Romania in order to create an escape route for youth on their way to Palestine, but there Anielewicz was arrested and imprisoned in a Soviet prison. After his release he returned to occupied Warsaw, continuing to Vilnius, where refugees, members of youth movements and party members from Warsaw had arrived. Anielewicz demanded from his movement comrades to send a core group of instructors back into occupied German territory, in order to continue their clandestine educational and political activities; he and his girlfriend Mira Fuchrer were among the first to volunteer to return to Warsaw. Beginning in January 1940, Anielewicz became the leader of the underground "Shomer HaTza'ir" movement, organizing youth groups and instructing them, taking part in the publication of underground newspapers, managing conventions and seminars, and often travelling illegally to settlements and branches of the movement in outlying ghettoes.
With the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, and following the first reports of the mass murder of Jews in the territories of the East, Anielewicz's position and interests changed, and he turned to the organization of self-defense forces in the ghetto. In 1942, as the deportations to the death camps expanded, Anielewicz travelled to Czestochowa to organize an uprising. He returned to Warsaw following reports of the Great Aktzia, during which most of the ghetto's Jews were deported, and was among the founders of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB) in the Warsaw Ghetto in October 1942. Anielewicz was chosen to lead to organization, despite his military inexperience, and on 18 January 1943 he led her first battle against the Germans, who had entered the ghetto to carry out another deportation.
On Passover Eve, 19 April 1943, German forces entered the ghetto and were ambushed by the rebel forces - the ZOB, the Jewish Military League (ZZW) and the Polish Resistance. On the morning of April 20th the combatants were issued an ultimatum to lay down their weapons and surrender by 10 am; the ultimatum was rejected by the ghetto defenders. On 8 May, the Germans discovered a large bunker on 18 Miła Street, which served as the ZOB's headquarters, where most of the organization's surviving leadership was staying, together with dozens of other rebels. The fighters refused to surrender to the Germans and decided to carry out a mass suicide by swallowing cyanide pills. Among the fallen was Mordechai Anielewicz. His deputy Marek Edelman, together with several dozen fighters, were able to escape to the Aryan side with the help of JCO combatant Simcha Rotem (Kazik) a few days later.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is considered the largest and most significant uprising of Jews against Nazis during the Holocaust, becoming a symbol of Jewish resistance along with the figure of Anielewicz himself, which has come to symbolize leadership, courage, and sacrifice.
4X6.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Slight defects to the lower side and lower reverse side. Stains to reverse.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
Catalogue
![Six photographs documenting a visit to Germany by Mufti Haj Muhammad Amin al-Husseini. [Germany, ca. 1943].
The photographs](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/216_1.jpg "Six Unknown Photographs from a Visit to Nazi Germany by Mufti Haj Amin")
![Six photographs documenting a visit to Germany by Mufti Haj Muhammad Amin al-Husseini. [Germany, ca. 1943].
The photographs](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/216_2.jpg "Six Unknown Photographs from a Visit to Nazi Germany by Mufti Haj Amin")
![Six photographs documenting a visit to Germany by Mufti Haj Muhammad Amin al-Husseini. [Germany, ca. 1943].
The photographs](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/216_3.jpg "Six Unknown Photographs from a Visit to Nazi Germany by Mufti Haj Amin")
Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $10,000
Sold for: $12,500
Including buyer's premium
Six photographs documenting a visit to Germany by Mufti Haj Muhammad Amin al-Husseini. [Germany, ca. 1943].
The photographs show al-Husseini, accompanied by a number of Nazi senior officials, dressed in uniforms, and a number of government officials, dressed in civilian clothes, during a tour apparently held at a camp in Germany (possibly, a camp of The German Labour Front). A lineup held for the visitors of the camp is seen in some of the photographs.
All the photographs are marked on reverse with the stamp "Photo-Gerhards Trebbin". The photographer's mark attests that they were developed in Trebbin, Germany, and may have been shot in its environs.
These photographs, previously unknown, document an unidentified visit to Germany by al-Husseini. We were unable to identify the men in the photographs. However, according to some speculations, among the photographed are possibly the Croatian politician Mile Budak (a member of the Ustase Party who served as Croatian envoy to Germany in 1941-1943), Iraqi politician Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Fritz Grobba (the German ambassador to Iraq, later in charge of Middle Eastern affairs at the German Foreign Ministry, known for his ties to al-Husseini and Rashid Ali al-Gaylani during al-Gaylani's revolt against the Iraqi government and in the following years) and the Austrian politician Arthur Seyss-Inquart.
Haj Muhammad Amin al-Husseini (1895?-1974) served as the Mufti of Jerusalem during the British Mandate period, in the years 1921-1937, and was known as one of the most important and influential leaders of the Palestinian Arabs and the Palestinian national movement.
Al-Husseini was born in Jerusalem to an eminent and well-established Palestinian-Arab family, many of whose members served in religious and political leadership roles. Al-Husseini studied in Jerusalem, Cairo and Istanbul, and with the outbreak of World War I was drafted to the Ottoman army. After his military service he returned to Jerusalem, where, among other things, he recruited volunteers for the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire (1916-1918).
Al-Husseini was a member of a number of Arab organizations and clubs with nationalist leanings. As part of his activities in these organizations, he was among the chief instigators of the 1920 riots, occurring in Jerusalem during the Nabi Musa festival. As a result he gained fame among the Arab public. In the aftermath of the riots, the British authorities issued an arrest warrant against al-Husseini and Aref al-Aref (a journalist who participated in the incitement leading up to the riots), and the two fled to the Transjordan. They were sentenced in absentia to ten years of imprisonment, but in the same year were pardoned by British High Commissioner Herbert Samuel (following appeals by a number of sheikhs and dignitaries from the Transjordan).
In 1921 al-Husseini was appointed Mufti of Jerusalem, and later chosen to serve as president of the Supreme Muslim Council. In these roles he acted against Jewish settlement of Palestine and in favor of Palestinian nationalism, contributing, among other things, to the 1929 Riots and the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt (al-Husseini was one of the initiators and organizers of the revolt, and the chairman of the Arab Higher Committee).
In 1937, after the British outlawed the Arab Higher Committee and dispersed the Supreme Muslim Council, al-Husseini fled to Lebanon, where he stayed for about two years before moving to Iraq. In Iraq he joined the politician Rashid Ali al-Gaylani and contributed significantly to the planning and organization of the revolt led by al-Gaylani in 1941. Following the revolt, al-Gaylani established a pro-Nazi government that demanded the expulsion of the British from Iraq, but his government did not last for long, and with the collapse of the coup, al-Husseini and al-Gaylani left Iraq. Al-Husseini first traveled to Fascist Italy (where he even met Mussolini), then to Nazi Germany. Al-Gaylani also arrived in Germany.
Haj Amin al-Husseini's ties with the Nazis, initiated before he had arrived in Germany, grew closer during his stay there: he had contacts with the German Foreign Ministry, with the upper echelons of the S.S. and the Gestapo, and even met with Adolf Hitler (their first meeting was in November 1941). One of al-Husseini's goals was to secure a joint German-Italian declaration recognizing the independence and unity of the Arab states, and the right of these states to act against the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine. One of his major contributions to the German war effort as part of his activities in favor of the Axis Powers was the recruitment of fighters to the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS in 1943. This division, called Handschar, was established by the Germans in the region of Croatia under the rule of the pro-Nazi Ustase Party (which then included Bosnia and Herzegovina). Most of the recruits were from among the Muslim population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the recruitment was carried out with the encouragement of al-Husseini, who was sent there especially by the German authorities. In addition, al-Husseini established the "Arab Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question" in Berlin - an institute founded with German funding and constituting the Berlin parallel to the "Institute for the Study of the Jewish Problem" active in Frankfurt, whose declared objective was the expulsion of the Jews from German territory. As a result of these and other activities, al-Husseini was included at the end of World War II in the list of "war criminals" of the Yugoslav Committee Investigating the War Crimes of the Occupiers and their Collaborators.
Al-Husseini's relations with the Axis Powers have been closely studied and still arouse questions. Some see his collaboration with the Germans as motivated by the pragmatic interests of a leader who sought to acquire a strong ally in support of Arab national goals, while others associate his collaboration with his enthusiasm for German policies towards the Jews and their plan for a "Final Solution", and even with an aspiration on his part to expand the genocide to Palestine as well.
6 photographs, approx. 6.5X9.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains, tears and creases.
The photographs show al-Husseini, accompanied by a number of Nazi senior officials, dressed in uniforms, and a number of government officials, dressed in civilian clothes, during a tour apparently held at a camp in Germany (possibly, a camp of The German Labour Front). A lineup held for the visitors of the camp is seen in some of the photographs.
All the photographs are marked on reverse with the stamp "Photo-Gerhards Trebbin". The photographer's mark attests that they were developed in Trebbin, Germany, and may have been shot in its environs.
These photographs, previously unknown, document an unidentified visit to Germany by al-Husseini. We were unable to identify the men in the photographs. However, according to some speculations, among the photographed are possibly the Croatian politician Mile Budak (a member of the Ustase Party who served as Croatian envoy to Germany in 1941-1943), Iraqi politician Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Fritz Grobba (the German ambassador to Iraq, later in charge of Middle Eastern affairs at the German Foreign Ministry, known for his ties to al-Husseini and Rashid Ali al-Gaylani during al-Gaylani's revolt against the Iraqi government and in the following years) and the Austrian politician Arthur Seyss-Inquart.
Haj Muhammad Amin al-Husseini (1895?-1974) served as the Mufti of Jerusalem during the British Mandate period, in the years 1921-1937, and was known as one of the most important and influential leaders of the Palestinian Arabs and the Palestinian national movement.
Al-Husseini was born in Jerusalem to an eminent and well-established Palestinian-Arab family, many of whose members served in religious and political leadership roles. Al-Husseini studied in Jerusalem, Cairo and Istanbul, and with the outbreak of World War I was drafted to the Ottoman army. After his military service he returned to Jerusalem, where, among other things, he recruited volunteers for the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire (1916-1918).
Al-Husseini was a member of a number of Arab organizations and clubs with nationalist leanings. As part of his activities in these organizations, he was among the chief instigators of the 1920 riots, occurring in Jerusalem during the Nabi Musa festival. As a result he gained fame among the Arab public. In the aftermath of the riots, the British authorities issued an arrest warrant against al-Husseini and Aref al-Aref (a journalist who participated in the incitement leading up to the riots), and the two fled to the Transjordan. They were sentenced in absentia to ten years of imprisonment, but in the same year were pardoned by British High Commissioner Herbert Samuel (following appeals by a number of sheikhs and dignitaries from the Transjordan).
In 1921 al-Husseini was appointed Mufti of Jerusalem, and later chosen to serve as president of the Supreme Muslim Council. In these roles he acted against Jewish settlement of Palestine and in favor of Palestinian nationalism, contributing, among other things, to the 1929 Riots and the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt (al-Husseini was one of the initiators and organizers of the revolt, and the chairman of the Arab Higher Committee).
In 1937, after the British outlawed the Arab Higher Committee and dispersed the Supreme Muslim Council, al-Husseini fled to Lebanon, where he stayed for about two years before moving to Iraq. In Iraq he joined the politician Rashid Ali al-Gaylani and contributed significantly to the planning and organization of the revolt led by al-Gaylani in 1941. Following the revolt, al-Gaylani established a pro-Nazi government that demanded the expulsion of the British from Iraq, but his government did not last for long, and with the collapse of the coup, al-Husseini and al-Gaylani left Iraq. Al-Husseini first traveled to Fascist Italy (where he even met Mussolini), then to Nazi Germany. Al-Gaylani also arrived in Germany.
Haj Amin al-Husseini's ties with the Nazis, initiated before he had arrived in Germany, grew closer during his stay there: he had contacts with the German Foreign Ministry, with the upper echelons of the S.S. and the Gestapo, and even met with Adolf Hitler (their first meeting was in November 1941). One of al-Husseini's goals was to secure a joint German-Italian declaration recognizing the independence and unity of the Arab states, and the right of these states to act against the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine. One of his major contributions to the German war effort as part of his activities in favor of the Axis Powers was the recruitment of fighters to the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS in 1943. This division, called Handschar, was established by the Germans in the region of Croatia under the rule of the pro-Nazi Ustase Party (which then included Bosnia and Herzegovina). Most of the recruits were from among the Muslim population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the recruitment was carried out with the encouragement of al-Husseini, who was sent there especially by the German authorities. In addition, al-Husseini established the "Arab Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question" in Berlin - an institute founded with German funding and constituting the Berlin parallel to the "Institute for the Study of the Jewish Problem" active in Frankfurt, whose declared objective was the expulsion of the Jews from German territory. As a result of these and other activities, al-Husseini was included at the end of World War II in the list of "war criminals" of the Yugoslav Committee Investigating the War Crimes of the Occupiers and their Collaborators.
Al-Husseini's relations with the Axis Powers have been closely studied and still arouse questions. Some see his collaboration with the Germans as motivated by the pragmatic interests of a leader who sought to acquire a strong ally in support of Arab national goals, while others associate his collaboration with his enthusiasm for German policies towards the Jews and their plan for a "Final Solution", and even with an aspiration on his part to expand the genocide to Palestine as well.
6 photographs, approx. 6.5X9.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains, tears and creases.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
Catalogue
![Studio photograph, black-and-white, of a Jewish family during the Holocaust. [Apparently France, 1943].
Photograph of a Jewi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/217.jpg "Photograph of a Jewish Family with a Yellow Badge - France, 1943")
Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $800
Unsold
Studio photograph, black-and-white, of a Jewish family during the Holocaust. [Apparently France, 1943].
Photograph of a Jewish couple and their son wearing a yellow badge. Embossed signature on lower margins (P. Dicos?), dated by hand on reverse, in French - 29 December 1943.
Approx. 7X11 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases (mostly to margins).
Photograph of a Jewish couple and their son wearing a yellow badge. Embossed signature on lower margins (P. Dicos?), dated by hand on reverse, in French - 29 December 1943.
Approx. 7X11 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases (mostly to margins).
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
Catalogue
![Schutz-Pass ["Protective passport"], granted to Irene Homoki (Schwarcz), on behalf of the Swedish ambassador on 22](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/218.jpg "\"Protective Passport\" Signed by Raoul Wallenberg, \"Righteous Among the")
Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $5,750
Including buyer's premium
Schutz-Pass ["Protective passport"], granted to Irene Homoki (Schwarcz), on behalf of the Swedish ambassador on 22 September 1944. German and Hungarian.
The "Protective passport" testifies that its holder is under the protection of the State of Sweden. Signed by hand by Carl Ivan Danielsson, the Swedish ambassador, with two stamps of the Swedish embassy in Budapest, and with another signature (quick and formless) - in the hand of Raoul Wallenberg.The activity of the Swedish ambassador in Budapest to help the Jews began just a short while after the 1944 German occupation of Hungary. The Swedish ambassador, Danielsson, issued Swedish temporary passports for Hungarian Jews who had family or commercial ties with Swedish subjects. In July 1944, after many of the Hungarian Jews had already been deported to Auschwitz, Raoul Wallenberg was sent to Budapest by the Swedish foreign ministry to help assist the Jews who were still left in the city.
The Hungarian and German authorities usually respected the authority of the Swedish ambassador, and Wallenberg managed to issue thousands of "protective passports" which protected the Jews, even though they weren't valid by law. Wallenberg also acted in other ways to save the Hungarian Jews. Part of this activity was the establishment of safe-houses for Jews, and attempts to pressure senior members of the Nazi regime to stop the transportation of Jews to Auschwitz. According to testimonies, he would arrive at the train station where the Jews were all gathered before a transport to Auschwitz, demanding to release those holding "protective passports". In 1966 Raoul Wallenberg was proclaimed by Yad Vashem as one of the "Righteous among the Nations".
Leaf, 34 cm. Fair condition. Creases and folding marks. Tears to folding lines and margins. Vertical folding line reinforced with two pieces of adhesive tape (old). Pencil inscriptions on leaf verso.
The "Protective passport" testifies that its holder is under the protection of the State of Sweden. Signed by hand by Carl Ivan Danielsson, the Swedish ambassador, with two stamps of the Swedish embassy in Budapest, and with another signature (quick and formless) - in the hand of Raoul Wallenberg.The activity of the Swedish ambassador in Budapest to help the Jews began just a short while after the 1944 German occupation of Hungary. The Swedish ambassador, Danielsson, issued Swedish temporary passports for Hungarian Jews who had family or commercial ties with Swedish subjects. In July 1944, after many of the Hungarian Jews had already been deported to Auschwitz, Raoul Wallenberg was sent to Budapest by the Swedish foreign ministry to help assist the Jews who were still left in the city.
The Hungarian and German authorities usually respected the authority of the Swedish ambassador, and Wallenberg managed to issue thousands of "protective passports" which protected the Jews, even though they weren't valid by law. Wallenberg also acted in other ways to save the Hungarian Jews. Part of this activity was the establishment of safe-houses for Jews, and attempts to pressure senior members of the Nazi regime to stop the transportation of Jews to Auschwitz. According to testimonies, he would arrive at the train station where the Jews were all gathered before a transport to Auschwitz, demanding to release those holding "protective passports". In 1966 Raoul Wallenberg was proclaimed by Yad Vashem as one of the "Righteous among the Nations".
Leaf, 34 cm. Fair condition. Creases and folding marks. Tears to folding lines and margins. Vertical folding line reinforced with two pieces of adhesive tape (old). Pencil inscriptions on leaf verso.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
Catalogue
Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Collection of documents and certificates belonging to Imre Fodor (Amir Doron). Most are from Budapest, first half of the 1940s (with a number of earlier or later documents). Hungarian, German and some Russian.
Fodor, born in 1923, studied in Budapest and was a member of the "Zionist Youth" movement. After the German invasion of Hungary he volunteered to assist the Budapest Jewish Council, joining rescue actions undertaken by the Red Cross. Among other things, he was involved in the transfer of forged certificates to those in need, and took part in the release of Jews arrested by members of the "Arrow Cross" party. After the war he took part in the "Bricha" movement. In 1948 he immigrated to Israel, where he served in the IDF and the Israel Police.
This interesting collection of items includes, among other things, official certificates and documents reflecting Fodor's activities in Budapest following the German occupation. Items include:
* "Protective letter" - official document issued by the foreign interests department of the Swiss Embassy in Budapest, issued to Imre Fodor and his mother in October 1944. The document confirms that their names appear on a collective Swiss passport and that they should be considered as carrying a valid passport. Marked with the stamp of the "Legation de Suisse, Budapest" [Swiss Legation, Budapest]. Such protective letters were issued by Carl Lutz, later honored as one of the Righteous among Nations, as part of an operation to rescue Jews which he undertook in his role as vice-consul at the Swiss Embassy in Budapest.
* Two certificates issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Hungary (one in the name of Imre Fodor and the other in his mother's name), confirming their residence in a house protected by the Red Cross (on Benczur Street in Budapest). Budapest, December 1944. Marked with the stamp of the "Comité International de la Croix Rouge, Delegation en Hongrie" [the International Committee of the Red Cross in Hungary, Hungarian Delegation], and signed by hand.
* "Meal ticket" (Etkezesi Jegy), issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Hungary. December 1944.
* Igazolvány megkülönböztető jelzés viselésére kötelezett zsidó személy részére, identity card in the name of Imre Fodor, permitting him, as a Jewish-Hungarian worker, to move freely around Budapest between the hours of 6 and 8. The card is signed and includes a photograph of Fodor wearing a yellow badge.
* Identity card issued by the Red Cross, confirming that its owner works in the service of the Red Cross Committee in Hungary and is under its protection. The card was issued in 1944 and includes a photograph of Fodor (though it bears a different name).
* "Arbetsausweis" card (work permit) issued by the security police and the SD in Hungary (Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdienstes in Ungarn), with details filled in by hand. Signed by hand and stamped with an ink stamp.
* Arm band embroidered with the inscription "B.D.S Ungarn"; apparently issued by the security police and the SD in Hungary.
* A number of documents in Hungarian, including marriage certificates, a death certificate, a birth certificate, and other official certificates.
* A number of handwritten leaves, a letter written on a postcard and a number of other notes.
Total of about 30 items. Size and condition vary (wear, stains and tears to some of the items).
Fodor, born in 1923, studied in Budapest and was a member of the "Zionist Youth" movement. After the German invasion of Hungary he volunteered to assist the Budapest Jewish Council, joining rescue actions undertaken by the Red Cross. Among other things, he was involved in the transfer of forged certificates to those in need, and took part in the release of Jews arrested by members of the "Arrow Cross" party. After the war he took part in the "Bricha" movement. In 1948 he immigrated to Israel, where he served in the IDF and the Israel Police.
This interesting collection of items includes, among other things, official certificates and documents reflecting Fodor's activities in Budapest following the German occupation. Items include:
* "Protective letter" - official document issued by the foreign interests department of the Swiss Embassy in Budapest, issued to Imre Fodor and his mother in October 1944. The document confirms that their names appear on a collective Swiss passport and that they should be considered as carrying a valid passport. Marked with the stamp of the "Legation de Suisse, Budapest" [Swiss Legation, Budapest]. Such protective letters were issued by Carl Lutz, later honored as one of the Righteous among Nations, as part of an operation to rescue Jews which he undertook in his role as vice-consul at the Swiss Embassy in Budapest.
* Two certificates issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Hungary (one in the name of Imre Fodor and the other in his mother's name), confirming their residence in a house protected by the Red Cross (on Benczur Street in Budapest). Budapest, December 1944. Marked with the stamp of the "Comité International de la Croix Rouge, Delegation en Hongrie" [the International Committee of the Red Cross in Hungary, Hungarian Delegation], and signed by hand.
* "Meal ticket" (Etkezesi Jegy), issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Hungary. December 1944.
* Igazolvány megkülönböztető jelzés viselésére kötelezett zsidó személy részére, identity card in the name of Imre Fodor, permitting him, as a Jewish-Hungarian worker, to move freely around Budapest between the hours of 6 and 8. The card is signed and includes a photograph of Fodor wearing a yellow badge.
* Identity card issued by the Red Cross, confirming that its owner works in the service of the Red Cross Committee in Hungary and is under its protection. The card was issued in 1944 and includes a photograph of Fodor (though it bears a different name).
* "Arbetsausweis" card (work permit) issued by the security police and the SD in Hungary (Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdienstes in Ungarn), with details filled in by hand. Signed by hand and stamped with an ink stamp.
* Arm band embroidered with the inscription "B.D.S Ungarn"; apparently issued by the security police and the SD in Hungary.
* A number of documents in Hungarian, including marriage certificates, a death certificate, a birth certificate, and other official certificates.
* A number of handwritten leaves, a letter written on a postcard and a number of other notes.
Total of about 30 items. Size and condition vary (wear, stains and tears to some of the items).
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Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
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![Six vouchers and a ticket issued by the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat (Der Alteste Der Juden In Litzmannstadt). Lodz, [ca. 1939-1944].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/220_1.jpg "Collection of Paper Items - Lodz Ghetto")
![Six vouchers and a ticket issued by the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat (Der Alteste Der Juden In Litzmannstadt). Lodz, [ca. 1939-1944].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/220_2.jpg "Collection of Paper Items - Lodz Ghetto")
Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $800
Unsold
Six vouchers and a ticket issued by the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat (Der Alteste Der Juden In Litzmannstadt). Lodz, [ca. 1939-1944]. German and Polish.
1-5. Five milk vouchers (Karta Mleczna / Milch Karte), printed on both sides and filled in by hand, issued to the ghetto's children. Three vouchers in German and two in Polish (different). One of the German vouchers is printed on one side only; on its reverse are details in handwriting and ink stamps (may have been used to receive a different product).
6. Cigarette Voucher (Zigaretten-Karte), printed (German and Yiddish) and filled in by hand. Issued in 1942.
7. Personal card, printed and filled in by hand, of one of the ghetto inmates. At the bottom appears an ink stamp reading: "Gestorben" (deceased). German.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Stains and creases, closed and open tears (mostly small, to margins). Dark stains to three of the milk cards.
1-5. Five milk vouchers (Karta Mleczna / Milch Karte), printed on both sides and filled in by hand, issued to the ghetto's children. Three vouchers in German and two in Polish (different). One of the German vouchers is printed on one side only; on its reverse are details in handwriting and ink stamps (may have been used to receive a different product).
6. Cigarette Voucher (Zigaretten-Karte), printed (German and Yiddish) and filled in by hand. Issued in 1942.
7. Personal card, printed and filled in by hand, of one of the ghetto inmates. At the bottom appears an ink stamp reading: "Gestorben" (deceased). German.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Stains and creases, closed and open tears (mostly small, to margins). Dark stains to three of the milk cards.
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Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
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![Album containing 33 philatelic items from the period of World War II and the Holocaust, [ca. 1940-1946].
Arranged on the alb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/221.jpg "Collection of Philatelic Items from the Holocaust Period")
Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Album containing 33 philatelic items from the period of World War II and the Holocaust, [ca. 1940-1946].
Arranged on the album's leaves are a variety of original philatelic items - letters, envelopes, postcards and stamps - accompanied by texts (Spanish) with explanations, and by high-quality photographs (most of the photographs present the item's reverse). Items include: postcard of the Judenrat at the Prague Ghetto, postcards sent from the Lodz Ghetto, a postcard with a stamp of the Judenrat at Warsaw Ghetto, postcards and envelopes with various postal stampings, a number of stamps, and other items.
Size and condition vary. Some of the items are in poor condition, and some are in good to very good condition.
Arranged on the album's leaves are a variety of original philatelic items - letters, envelopes, postcards and stamps - accompanied by texts (Spanish) with explanations, and by high-quality photographs (most of the photographs present the item's reverse). Items include: postcard of the Judenrat at the Prague Ghetto, postcards sent from the Lodz Ghetto, a postcard with a stamp of the Judenrat at Warsaw Ghetto, postcards and envelopes with various postal stampings, a number of stamps, and other items.
Size and condition vary. Some of the items are in poor condition, and some are in good to very good condition.
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Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
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Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Collection of items, handwritten and typed, documenting the life of the couple Wolf and Rachael Munic after the holocaust. Linz, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamilton (Canada) and some other locations. Late 1940s to early 1970s. English, Yiddish, some German.
* Memoires handwritten by Wolf Munic, in Yiddish, documenting the years 1941-1948. It seems that these were written around the year 1948. [9] leaves (22 handwritten pages). Possibly some leaves are missing. Approx. 30 cm. Stains and dampstains. Folding marks, closed and open tears (mainly at margins, some slightly affecting text). Ink stains (affecting text).
* Two affidavits, typewritten and filled out by hand, certifying the marriage of Rachael and Wolf Munic. Issued in April 1948, by Standesamt Linz a. d. Donau. German.
* "Ketubah D’Irkesa" recording the marriage of Zeev and Rachael Munic (printed in Aramaic, with handwritten details in Hebrew). Signed on Kislev 3, 5709 [1948], in Linz.
* Refugee-Card in the name of Wolf Munic, issued by PCIRO (Preparatory Commission for the International Refugee Organization). A form filled out by typewriter with Munic's details, photograph and photographs of his fingerprint. Issued in Wegscheid/Linz in 1947. English.
* Refugee-booklet for Rachael Munic. Issued in 1949 by "International Refugee Organization" in Wegschied camp.
* Immigrant-card for a ship passenger in the name of Wolf Munic.
* Six letters concerning reparation payments due to Rachael Munic by the German government. English.
* An official letter from "Amt für Wiedergutmachung" (German reparations office) announcing that Rachael Munic will receive an increased amount. 1966.
* Documents concerning the naturalization process of the couple Munic in Canada and their life afterwards; among them: two Canadian citizenship certificates (issued in 1955); two Canadian passports; seven letter from Canadian authorities; notes, vouchers and other documents.
Total of about 30 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition. Ink-stamps and autographs on many of the official documents.
* Memoires handwritten by Wolf Munic, in Yiddish, documenting the years 1941-1948. It seems that these were written around the year 1948. [9] leaves (22 handwritten pages). Possibly some leaves are missing. Approx. 30 cm. Stains and dampstains. Folding marks, closed and open tears (mainly at margins, some slightly affecting text). Ink stains (affecting text).
* Two affidavits, typewritten and filled out by hand, certifying the marriage of Rachael and Wolf Munic. Issued in April 1948, by Standesamt Linz a. d. Donau. German.
* "Ketubah D’Irkesa" recording the marriage of Zeev and Rachael Munic (printed in Aramaic, with handwritten details in Hebrew). Signed on Kislev 3, 5709 [1948], in Linz.
* Refugee-Card in the name of Wolf Munic, issued by PCIRO (Preparatory Commission for the International Refugee Organization). A form filled out by typewriter with Munic's details, photograph and photographs of his fingerprint. Issued in Wegscheid/Linz in 1947. English.
* Refugee-booklet for Rachael Munic. Issued in 1949 by "International Refugee Organization" in Wegschied camp.
* Immigrant-card for a ship passenger in the name of Wolf Munic.
* Six letters concerning reparation payments due to Rachael Munic by the German government. English.
* An official letter from "Amt für Wiedergutmachung" (German reparations office) announcing that Rachael Munic will receive an increased amount. 1966.
* Documents concerning the naturalization process of the couple Munic in Canada and their life afterwards; among them: two Canadian citizenship certificates (issued in 1955); two Canadian passports; seven letter from Canadian authorities; notes, vouchers and other documents.
Total of about 30 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition. Ink-stamps and autographs on many of the official documents.
Category
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
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Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Eleven documents and certificates, printed and filled in by hand and on a typewriter, belonging to Holocaust survivor Jacob Fassler. Germany (mostly from Frankfurt) and Jerusalem, 1945-1950. English, German and some Hebrew.
Documents include: * Permit from Der Oberbürgermeister Wohnungsamt, Frankfurt a. M. (Frankfurt Municipal Housing Bureau) to resume residence in the city, from 1945. * Driving license issued to Fassler in Frankfurt in 1946. * Identity card for a taxi driver, issued by the European Command (the American forces in West Germany) in 1947. * Two entry permits to the Frankfurt Compound, for work purposes (two different permits, one for day entry and the other for night entry), issued in 1947. * Identifying card for Fassler, issued by the Jüdisches Komitee \ Committee of Liberated Jews, from 1947. * Letter written on a form of the Jewish Agency "Search Bureau for Missing Relatives", in the handwriting of Fanny Fassler, 1945 (German), and other items. Different ink stamps on the documents.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Stains, creases and tears to margins. Folding marks to some of the items. One of the documents is torn widthwise and repaired with adhesive tape to reverse.
Documents include: * Permit from Der Oberbürgermeister Wohnungsamt, Frankfurt a. M. (Frankfurt Municipal Housing Bureau) to resume residence in the city, from 1945. * Driving license issued to Fassler in Frankfurt in 1946. * Identity card for a taxi driver, issued by the European Command (the American forces in West Germany) in 1947. * Two entry permits to the Frankfurt Compound, for work purposes (two different permits, one for day entry and the other for night entry), issued in 1947. * Identifying card for Fassler, issued by the Jüdisches Komitee \ Committee of Liberated Jews, from 1947. * Letter written on a form of the Jewish Agency "Search Bureau for Missing Relatives", in the handwriting of Fanny Fassler, 1945 (German), and other items. Different ink stamps on the documents.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Stains, creases and tears to margins. Folding marks to some of the items. One of the documents is torn widthwise and repaired with adhesive tape to reverse.
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Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
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![Photo-album of a soldier in the Royal Air Force (RAF), recording the end of World War II. Germany and Holland, [May], 1945.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale56-public/224.jpg "Interesting Photo-Album - End of World War II - Soldier in the Royal A")
Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $500
Unsold
Photo-album of a soldier in the Royal Air Force (RAF), recording the end of World War II. Germany and Holland, [May], 1945.
In the album are 83 photographs of airplanes, soldiers of the RAF (including photographs of their activities during leisure time) and war scenes, including nine photographs of Belsen (Bergen-Belsen) concentration camp shortly after its liberation (some of them are disturbing), photographs of destroyed buildings in Hamburg and of other cities in Germany as well as several photographs from Holland and Belgium. Some photographs are titled by hand on the reverse; some are dated while others are titled on the album leaves.
Average size: 9X14 cm, album: 32.5 cm. Photographs in good condition, creases at margins of some photographs and some defects. Album in fair condition, with some loose leaves. Stained and distorted cover.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
In the album are 83 photographs of airplanes, soldiers of the RAF (including photographs of their activities during leisure time) and war scenes, including nine photographs of Belsen (Bergen-Belsen) concentration camp shortly after its liberation (some of them are disturbing), photographs of destroyed buildings in Hamburg and of other cities in Germany as well as several photographs from Holland and Belgium. Some photographs are titled by hand on the reverse; some are dated while others are titled on the album leaves.
Average size: 9X14 cm, album: 32.5 cm. Photographs in good condition, creases at margins of some photographs and some defects. Album in fair condition, with some loose leaves. Stained and distorted cover.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
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Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
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Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 27, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
15 photographs of Polish Jews from the Holocaust period. Warsaw, Czestochowa and other locations in Poland, ca. 1943-1946.
1-6. Six photographs - reproductions of visual material from the Holocaust period - printed by the "Jewish Historical Committee" (marked "Żydowska Komisja Historyczna wa Wroctawiu" on reverse), active during the years 1944-1947 and engaged in collecting and documenting historical materials left behind by the Nazis. The photographs document the capture of the partisan fighter Bajla Gelblung; Jews turning over weapons buried in the ground to German soldiers; massacres; and more. Inscription and pen scribbles on reverse of five photographs.
7-13. Seven photographs recording the burial of the victims of the Czestochowa massacre, buried by the city's Jews in 1946. Divided on reverse for use as a postcard and marked on reverse with the stamps of photographer Leib Kusznir.
14. Photograph of two German officers shaving the sidelocks of two Jews.
15. Photograph of two Jews wrapped in prayer shawls at the entrance to their home.
Enclosed: "A Brand Plucked from the Fire" [Hebrew], bookplate for the remains of the library of Jacob Zvi Yoskowitz.
Photographs: 8X12 to 13.5X9.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Creases and stains to some photographs.
1-6. Six photographs - reproductions of visual material from the Holocaust period - printed by the "Jewish Historical Committee" (marked "Żydowska Komisja Historyczna wa Wroctawiu" on reverse), active during the years 1944-1947 and engaged in collecting and documenting historical materials left behind by the Nazis. The photographs document the capture of the partisan fighter Bajla Gelblung; Jews turning over weapons buried in the ground to German soldiers; massacres; and more. Inscription and pen scribbles on reverse of five photographs.
7-13. Seven photographs recording the burial of the victims of the Czestochowa massacre, buried by the city's Jews in 1946. Divided on reverse for use as a postcard and marked on reverse with the stamps of photographer Leib Kusznir.
14. Photograph of two German officers shaving the sidelocks of two Jews.
15. Photograph of two Jews wrapped in prayer shawls at the entrance to their home.
Enclosed: "A Brand Plucked from the Fire" [Hebrew], bookplate for the remains of the library of Jacob Zvi Yoskowitz.
Photographs: 8X12 to 13.5X9.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Creases and stains to some photographs.
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Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah, Jewish Brigade
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