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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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Collection of letters and family photographs that belonged to Beate Berger, director of "Ahawah" orphanage, and her family. Berlin-Israel, second decade of 20th century through mid-20th century. German, some English and Hebrew.
The collection includes about 43 letters (some handwritten and some typewritten) and postcards, most of them are family letters, signed by Beate Berger, director of "Ahawah" orphanage in Berlin, her sister Else Berger, her brother Rudolph Berger, other family members, and others. Beate Berger mentions in some of the letters the "Ahawah" orphanage - explicitly or indirectly - mainly with regards to donations to the institute or its current conduct (the content of the letters was not thoroughly examined).
"Ahawah" orphanage was founded in Berlin at the end of World War I as a home for children of East European refugees and later became an orphanage that educated children from German communities. Beate Berger, born in 1886, started to manage the orphanage in 1922. She was known for her progressive educational attitude and as a person believing in clear limits and uncompromising education on one hand and caring for a good and protected life for the children in the orphanage on the other hand. When persecutions of Jews in Germany increased in the 1930s she acted tirelessly for relocating the orphanage children to Palestine and recruited for that purpose the help of Henrietta Szold and Aliyat HaNo'ar. Berger re-established the home in Kiryat Bialik and was the director until she passed away in 1940.
Enclosed: ten family photographs and three newspaper articles, in German. * Position Paper addressed to Yehudah Leib Magness, 1938, about founding a new party by the name of "Bene Chorin". * The book "Beit Ahawah" by Ayelet Bargur, granddaughter of Beate Berger's nephew, regarding the orphanage as well as the life and activities of Berger (published by Yediot Achronot-Hemed books, Tel-Aviv, 2013).
Total of 43 letters, documents and postcards, and 10 photographs. Good overall condition. Size and condition vary.
The collection includes about 43 letters (some handwritten and some typewritten) and postcards, most of them are family letters, signed by Beate Berger, director of "Ahawah" orphanage in Berlin, her sister Else Berger, her brother Rudolph Berger, other family members, and others. Beate Berger mentions in some of the letters the "Ahawah" orphanage - explicitly or indirectly - mainly with regards to donations to the institute or its current conduct (the content of the letters was not thoroughly examined).
"Ahawah" orphanage was founded in Berlin at the end of World War I as a home for children of East European refugees and later became an orphanage that educated children from German communities. Beate Berger, born in 1886, started to manage the orphanage in 1922. She was known for her progressive educational attitude and as a person believing in clear limits and uncompromising education on one hand and caring for a good and protected life for the children in the orphanage on the other hand. When persecutions of Jews in Germany increased in the 1930s she acted tirelessly for relocating the orphanage children to Palestine and recruited for that purpose the help of Henrietta Szold and Aliyat HaNo'ar. Berger re-established the home in Kiryat Bialik and was the director until she passed away in 1940.
Enclosed: ten family photographs and three newspaper articles, in German. * Position Paper addressed to Yehudah Leib Magness, 1938, about founding a new party by the name of "Bene Chorin". * The book "Beit Ahawah" by Ayelet Bargur, granddaughter of Beate Berger's nephew, regarding the orphanage as well as the life and activities of Berger (published by Yediot Achronot-Hemed books, Tel-Aviv, 2013).
Total of 43 letters, documents and postcards, and 10 photographs. Good overall condition. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
"The Speech Machine as a Language Teacher, six records - Hebrew Spoken Here, according to the book Hebrew for Olim, by Rabbi Dr. Emil Cohen", edited by Asher [Oscar] Plevner. Stuttgart: Otto Sperling, [1934].
"The Speech Machine as a Language Teacher", a teaching set recorded and produced as part of the revival of Jewish education in Germany after the rise of the Nazi party to power. The initiator of the project, Asher Plevner, was impressed by the popular teaching booklet "Ivrit LeOlim" by the scholar and author Rabbi Emil Cohen, and turned to the owner of a records manufacturing company, Otto Sperling, who at the time produced series of records for learning languages. Sperling agreed to produce the records, and in May 1934, Asher Plevner, his brother Dov and his sister Helena, met in the studio of the "Avner" company and recorded the Hebrew talks for the study of the language.
The set includes: six records; six transcripts of the talks in Hebrew; five study booklets (out of six) with the talks in phonetic transcript in Latin characters and the meaning in German. Placed in an original box. One booklet and one printed card are missing.
Records: diameter 25 cm. Transcript booklet: 23 cm. Study booklets: 22.5 cm. Original cardboard box: 28X28 cm. Good overall condition. Wear. Stains, creases and small tears to margins of booklets and paper covers of records. A long tear at the margin of the first leaf of one of the booklets. Tears and defects to box.
Enclosed is the book: Deutsch, Neuhebräisch, Arabisch in lateinischen und hebräischen Lettern by Moses Jacobson. Berlin, 1935.
"The Speech Machine as a Language Teacher", a teaching set recorded and produced as part of the revival of Jewish education in Germany after the rise of the Nazi party to power. The initiator of the project, Asher Plevner, was impressed by the popular teaching booklet "Ivrit LeOlim" by the scholar and author Rabbi Emil Cohen, and turned to the owner of a records manufacturing company, Otto Sperling, who at the time produced series of records for learning languages. Sperling agreed to produce the records, and in May 1934, Asher Plevner, his brother Dov and his sister Helena, met in the studio of the "Avner" company and recorded the Hebrew talks for the study of the language.
The set includes: six records; six transcripts of the talks in Hebrew; five study booklets (out of six) with the talks in phonetic transcript in Latin characters and the meaning in German. Placed in an original box. One booklet and one printed card are missing.
Records: diameter 25 cm. Transcript booklet: 23 cm. Study booklets: 22.5 cm. Original cardboard box: 28X28 cm. Good overall condition. Wear. Stains, creases and small tears to margins of booklets and paper covers of records. A long tear at the margin of the first leaf of one of the booklets. Tears and defects to box.
Enclosed is the book: Deutsch, Neuhebräisch, Arabisch in lateinischen und hebräischen Lettern by Moses Jacobson. Berlin, 1935.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $2,500
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Fifty-three letters and telegrams sent to Károly Eötvös by personalities and rabbis in Europe in gratitude for his endeavors for the Jews in the "Tiszaeszlár Libel" trial. Sent from different towns is Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Bohemia, 1882-1883. German and Hungarian.
The "Tiszaeszlár Libel" was a blood libel that spread in the Hungarian village Tiszaeszlár after a Christian girl by the name of Eszter Solymosi disappeared from her home and never returned. Fifteen Jews were accused of kidnapping the girl and murdering her, and in the summer of 1882 the Jews were prosecuted for that deed. The Jewish community turned to the attorney Károly Eötvös who undertook the defense. During the trial Eötvös worked tirelessly, proved that the testimonies were false, protested against the torture that the investigators imposed and finally, early in august 1883, led to the acquittal of all the Jews.
Offered here are twenty four handwritten letters (some written on official stationery and some on calling cards) and twenty nine telegrams, sent to Eötvös in gratitude by merchants, journalists, bankers, rabbis and personalities (some were involved in this affair). Most of the letters and telegrams were sent in the beginning of August 1883, just shortly after the acquittal announcement. Enclosed are three original envelopes.
See: Nethanel Katzburg, Antisemitism in Hungary 1867-1914, Tel-Aviv: "Dvir", 1969, pp. 106-155.
Size of letters varies. Telegrams: approx. 20.5X21.5 cm. Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition. One telegram in poor condition, torn and falling apart.
The "Tiszaeszlár Libel" was a blood libel that spread in the Hungarian village Tiszaeszlár after a Christian girl by the name of Eszter Solymosi disappeared from her home and never returned. Fifteen Jews were accused of kidnapping the girl and murdering her, and in the summer of 1882 the Jews were prosecuted for that deed. The Jewish community turned to the attorney Károly Eötvös who undertook the defense. During the trial Eötvös worked tirelessly, proved that the testimonies were false, protested against the torture that the investigators imposed and finally, early in august 1883, led to the acquittal of all the Jews.
Offered here are twenty four handwritten letters (some written on official stationery and some on calling cards) and twenty nine telegrams, sent to Eötvös in gratitude by merchants, journalists, bankers, rabbis and personalities (some were involved in this affair). Most of the letters and telegrams were sent in the beginning of August 1883, just shortly after the acquittal announcement. Enclosed are three original envelopes.
See: Nethanel Katzburg, Antisemitism in Hungary 1867-1914, Tel-Aviv: "Dvir", 1969, pp. 106-155.
Size of letters varies. Telegrams: approx. 20.5X21.5 cm. Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition. One telegram in poor condition, torn and falling apart.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,250
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Fifteen caricatures drawn by hand and a press-photograph, depicting Jewish boys, refugees from Germany and Austria, in a training farm of YMCA in Flint Hall Farm, Buckinghamshire, England, [England, 1938].
1. Press photograph published in the English paper "Daily Sketch". The photograph (titled on the upper part) depicts seven Jewish boys, refugees from Germany and Austria, drinking tea. 13X24 cm. Good condition. Pinholes to the four corners. Tears to the piece of paper with the description of the photograph.
2-16. Fifteen colorful caricatures, drawn by hand, portraying the team of the above farm (maybe also some of the trainees). Signed with the letter "H" and dated - [19]38. On most of them appears a title with the name of the illustrator or his nickname.
Several of these caricatures are seen in the photograph (no. 1), hanging on the wall behind the boys. Average size: 25X20 cm. Fair-good condition. Creases and wear. Small tears at margins and corners. Pinholes and tears from hanging the leaves. Stains.
On the website of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum there is a 4-minute video recording the boys during daily activities in the farm.
1. Press photograph published in the English paper "Daily Sketch". The photograph (titled on the upper part) depicts seven Jewish boys, refugees from Germany and Austria, drinking tea. 13X24 cm. Good condition. Pinholes to the four corners. Tears to the piece of paper with the description of the photograph.
2-16. Fifteen colorful caricatures, drawn by hand, portraying the team of the above farm (maybe also some of the trainees). Signed with the letter "H" and dated - [19]38. On most of them appears a title with the name of the illustrator or his nickname.
Several of these caricatures are seen in the photograph (no. 1), hanging on the wall behind the boys. Average size: 25X20 cm. Fair-good condition. Creases and wear. Small tears at margins and corners. Pinholes and tears from hanging the leaves. Stains.
On the website of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum there is a 4-minute video recording the boys during daily activities in the farm.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
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Archive of letters and documents of the Rosenberg family from Bucharest - Baruch (Burah / Burel) and Rebecca (Rebeca / Beca) and their son Ariel Armin. Bucharest, Romania and Palestine, 1940s. Romanian.
Ariel Rosenberg was born in Bucharest in 1924; in 1941 he immigrated to Palestine with the Youth Aliya, served as liaison for the Haganah and served in the War of Independence as a soldier in the Givati Brigade, in its mapping and photography department. Rosenberg was killed in the southern coastline area by an Egyptian mine (for more information on him, see enclosed material).
The archive includes about 100 letters, most of them especially long, sent by Ariel (Armin) from Palestine to his family in Romania. About ten of the letters are written on telegram forms of the Romanian and Swiss Red Cross; many letters were sent during World War II. In addition, the archive contains several receipts from the Mishmar movement and the Zionist Organization in Romania (mid-1940s); a "Prisoner of War" certificate in the name of Rebecca and Baruch Rosenberg, issued by the Red Cross (1942); Baruch Rosenberg's ID card (Bucharest, 1944); letters and documents related to Ariel's death in the War of Independence; and other documents.
Over 100 documents in total. Size and condition vary.
Ariel Rosenberg was born in Bucharest in 1924; in 1941 he immigrated to Palestine with the Youth Aliya, served as liaison for the Haganah and served in the War of Independence as a soldier in the Givati Brigade, in its mapping and photography department. Rosenberg was killed in the southern coastline area by an Egyptian mine (for more information on him, see enclosed material).
The archive includes about 100 letters, most of them especially long, sent by Ariel (Armin) from Palestine to his family in Romania. About ten of the letters are written on telegram forms of the Romanian and Swiss Red Cross; many letters were sent during World War II. In addition, the archive contains several receipts from the Mishmar movement and the Zionist Organization in Romania (mid-1940s); a "Prisoner of War" certificate in the name of Rebecca and Baruch Rosenberg, issued by the Red Cross (1942); Baruch Rosenberg's ID card (Bucharest, 1944); letters and documents related to Ariel's death in the War of Independence; and other documents.
Over 100 documents in total. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
About 90 letters, documents and paper items, in handwriting and in print, that belonged to Gabriel Chaim Zvi Pappenheim, a member of Agudat Israel who acted to obtain immigration permits to Palestine ("Certificates") for the Jews of Europe during the Holocaust. Jerusalem, Istanbul, Ankara and New York, 1943-1944. German, Hebrew and Yiddish (a few items in Hungarian, English and French).
The collection includes:
* Twenty-four letters concerning the granting of certificates, including thirteen letters from Jacob Grippel (representative of the Rescue Committee in Turkey); letter from Pappenheim to Julius Steinfeld (representative of the "Rescue Committee of the Association of Rabbis in the United States"); long letter from Julius Steinfeld to Isak Sternbuch (representative of the Rescue Committee in Switzerland, involved in negotiations with the Germans), mentioning sums of money, names of yeshiva heads and various topics; and additional letters.
* Seven lists, typewritten, with names of candidates (apparently for receiving certificates), their personal details and names of contacts and associates in Palestine.
* Sixteen forms of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, signed by hand, informing of the approval of an immigration permit for the appellant (in English).
* Three forms of Agudat Israel, signed in the hand of Moshe Glickman Porush (one of the founders of Agudat Israel), informing of the grant of a permit to immigrate to Palestine.
* Other items.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
The collection includes:
* Twenty-four letters concerning the granting of certificates, including thirteen letters from Jacob Grippel (representative of the Rescue Committee in Turkey); letter from Pappenheim to Julius Steinfeld (representative of the "Rescue Committee of the Association of Rabbis in the United States"); long letter from Julius Steinfeld to Isak Sternbuch (representative of the Rescue Committee in Switzerland, involved in negotiations with the Germans), mentioning sums of money, names of yeshiva heads and various topics; and additional letters.
* Seven lists, typewritten, with names of candidates (apparently for receiving certificates), their personal details and names of contacts and associates in Palestine.
* Sixteen forms of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, signed by hand, informing of the approval of an immigration permit for the appellant (in English).
* Three forms of Agudat Israel, signed in the hand of Moshe Glickman Porush (one of the founders of Agudat Israel), informing of the grant of a permit to immigrate to Palestine.
* Other items.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
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Seven postcards sent from Warsaw Ghetto, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Piotrków Trybunalski and Lodz Ghetto to Shanghai, China, 1940-1941. German and Polish.
The postcards were sent during World War II and they are addressed to Mr. Gutman in Shanghai. Most are from members of the Bialoglowski family. They include a typewritten postcard from Mordechai Haim Rumkowski, regarding the condition of Anette Gutman in the Warsaw Ghetto, a postcard with a stamp of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat (with the name of Rumkowski, the head of the Judenrat), postcards with Polish and Chinese postal stamps, and more. Enclosed is a postcard sent to Mr. Gutman in 1933.
Approx. 15X10.5 cm. Fair condition. Wear, stains and creases. Stamps removed from some of the postcards. Corner with stamp cut out of one postcard.
The postcards were sent during World War II and they are addressed to Mr. Gutman in Shanghai. Most are from members of the Bialoglowski family. They include a typewritten postcard from Mordechai Haim Rumkowski, regarding the condition of Anette Gutman in the Warsaw Ghetto, a postcard with a stamp of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat (with the name of Rumkowski, the head of the Judenrat), postcards with Polish and Chinese postal stamps, and more. Enclosed is a postcard sent to Mr. Gutman in 1933.
Approx. 15X10.5 cm. Fair condition. Wear, stains and creases. Stamps removed from some of the postcards. Corner with stamp cut out of one postcard.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Collection of paper items - authorizations and certificates (mainly issued by the Boy Scouts Association) in the name of Josef Leuchter, from the period of his stay in the internment camp Beau Bassin in Mauritius, 1941-1943.
1. Pass - daily entrance authorization to the men's camp. July 1942.
2-3. Two membership cards od "The Wolf Cub's" (Boy Scouts), issued in Beau Bassin camp in Mauritius, June 1941, January 1943.
4-6. Three "Badge Authorizations" on behalf of the Boy Scouts Local Association in Mauritius, June-July 1942. The word "Jewish" appears by the name of the camp.
7. Wolf Cub's Enrolment Card, printed in color. Awarded to Leuchter in Mauritius camp, 1941-1942.
Enclosed: Identity Card in the name of Josef Leuchter issued in Tel-Aviv (May 1947?).
Size and condition vary. Fair overall condition. Creases, wear, folding marks and small tears.
1. Pass - daily entrance authorization to the men's camp. July 1942.
2-3. Two membership cards od "The Wolf Cub's" (Boy Scouts), issued in Beau Bassin camp in Mauritius, June 1941, January 1943.
4-6. Three "Badge Authorizations" on behalf of the Boy Scouts Local Association in Mauritius, June-July 1942. The word "Jewish" appears by the name of the camp.
7. Wolf Cub's Enrolment Card, printed in color. Awarded to Leuchter in Mauritius camp, 1941-1942.
Enclosed: Identity Card in the name of Josef Leuchter issued in Tel-Aviv (May 1947?).
Size and condition vary. Fair overall condition. Creases, wear, folding marks and small tears.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,750
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Unsere Reise Nach Mauritius, Nach eigenen Tagebuchern verfasst von Ing. Emil Rainer [our journey to Mauritius, after diaries written by Ing. Emil Rainer]. [No indication of location or date; late 1940s?]. German.
Rich and detailed diary entries in seven chapters, based on diaries written by Eng. Emil Rainer, one of the refugees aboard the SS Atlantic, deported to Island of Mauritius. The diary entries describe all the stages of the journey - from sailing from Tulcea in Romania until the illegal immigrants arrived in Mauritius.
The ship Atlantic was part of the private illegal immigration enterprise of Berthold Storfer, an Austrian who endeavored to save Jews through cooperation with the Nazis. Atlantic sailed from the port of Tulcea in Romania at the end of September 1940, passed through Istanbul and stopped in Crete to acquire coal for the remainder of the trip. In Crete, the Greek crew refused to continue sailing and the immigrants occupied the ship. After many hardships, towing the ship to Cyprus and its arrival in Haifa, some of its illegal immigrants were transferred (together with immigrants of the ships Milos and Pacific) to the deportation ship Patria which, as is well known, was bombed and drowned by the Haganah. Survivors of Patria and the remaining immigrants from the Atlantic were deported to the Island of Mauritius on December 9, 1940, where they were detained for five years. In the book "The Mauritian Shekel, The Story of the Jewish Detainees in Mauritius, 1940-1945" by Geneviève Pitot (published by Editions Zivavi, Port Louis, Mauritius, ca. 1998), the name of Ing. Emil Rainer is mentioned several times, among others, as the author of an essay titled "Von Wien Nach Mauritius" (From Vienna to Mauritius).
[1], 21 leaves, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slight tears and creases at margins. The leaves are connected at the top (writing pad), cover is reinforced with adhesive tape. Creases to cover.
Rich and detailed diary entries in seven chapters, based on diaries written by Eng. Emil Rainer, one of the refugees aboard the SS Atlantic, deported to Island of Mauritius. The diary entries describe all the stages of the journey - from sailing from Tulcea in Romania until the illegal immigrants arrived in Mauritius.
The ship Atlantic was part of the private illegal immigration enterprise of Berthold Storfer, an Austrian who endeavored to save Jews through cooperation with the Nazis. Atlantic sailed from the port of Tulcea in Romania at the end of September 1940, passed through Istanbul and stopped in Crete to acquire coal for the remainder of the trip. In Crete, the Greek crew refused to continue sailing and the immigrants occupied the ship. After many hardships, towing the ship to Cyprus and its arrival in Haifa, some of its illegal immigrants were transferred (together with immigrants of the ships Milos and Pacific) to the deportation ship Patria which, as is well known, was bombed and drowned by the Haganah. Survivors of Patria and the remaining immigrants from the Atlantic were deported to the Island of Mauritius on December 9, 1940, where they were detained for five years. In the book "The Mauritian Shekel, The Story of the Jewish Detainees in Mauritius, 1940-1945" by Geneviève Pitot (published by Editions Zivavi, Port Louis, Mauritius, ca. 1998), the name of Ing. Emil Rainer is mentioned several times, among others, as the author of an essay titled "Von Wien Nach Mauritius" (From Vienna to Mauritius).
[1], 21 leaves, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slight tears and creases at margins. The leaves are connected at the top (writing pad), cover is reinforced with adhesive tape. Creases to cover.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,800
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Tea-Sitzung, Leuna am 26.5.41, Inoffizieller Teil [Meeting of the "Technical Committee" on 26 May 1941, Leuna, unofficial part]. Leuna, Germany, 1941. German.
Booklet with a printed poem and twenty-six illustrated cards (mounted on leaves), prepared for a meeting of the directors of IG Farben, the main chemical manufacturer of Nazi Germany.
The corporation IG Farben (Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie) was founded in 1925, holding a near monopoly on the production of chemicals in Germany. With the rise of the Nazis to power, most of its directors joined the party and maintained close relations with members of the government. Among other things, the corporation operated the factory Buna Werke near the Auschwitz camp (most of the factory's workers were prisoners from the camp), sped up the construction of concentration camps, and was responsible for producing the deadly gas Zyklon B (listed as the company's "patent"). Due to their deeds, in 1947 most of IG Farben's directors were tried at the Nuremberg trials.
The present booklet was apparently printed for the entertainment section of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the company's founding, and it includes a humoristic poem about the company's history, as well as twenty-six printed cards showing photomontage works with photographs of the directors and color caricatures. Among other things, the cards show the portraits of Karl Krauch (chairman of the company's board of directors and a member of the office of Hermann Goering), Fritz Ter Meer (in charge of building the Buna Werke plant), and others.
25 leaves, approx. 29.5X21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Light creases. Small tears to margins. A tear repaired with adhesive tape to margins of the last leaf. Open tears to upper margins of front binding and first two leaves (small, without damage to text).
Booklet with a printed poem and twenty-six illustrated cards (mounted on leaves), prepared for a meeting of the directors of IG Farben, the main chemical manufacturer of Nazi Germany.
The corporation IG Farben (Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie) was founded in 1925, holding a near monopoly on the production of chemicals in Germany. With the rise of the Nazis to power, most of its directors joined the party and maintained close relations with members of the government. Among other things, the corporation operated the factory Buna Werke near the Auschwitz camp (most of the factory's workers were prisoners from the camp), sped up the construction of concentration camps, and was responsible for producing the deadly gas Zyklon B (listed as the company's "patent"). Due to their deeds, in 1947 most of IG Farben's directors were tried at the Nuremberg trials.
The present booklet was apparently printed for the entertainment section of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the company's founding, and it includes a humoristic poem about the company's history, as well as twenty-six printed cards showing photomontage works with photographs of the directors and color caricatures. Among other things, the cards show the portraits of Karl Krauch (chairman of the company's board of directors and a member of the office of Hermann Goering), Fritz Ter Meer (in charge of building the Buna Werke plant), and others.
25 leaves, approx. 29.5X21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Light creases. Small tears to margins. A tear repaired with adhesive tape to margins of the last leaf. Open tears to upper margins of front binding and first two leaves (small, without damage to text).
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![A "letter of protection" [Védlevél], issued for the Jew Miklós Hreblay on behalf of the Spanish Embassy](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/196.jpg "\"Letter of Protection\" Issued by the Righteous Among The Nations &Aacu")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
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A "letter of protection" [Védlevél], issued for the Jew Miklós Hreblay on behalf of the Spanish Embassy in Budapest on 1.11.1944. Hungarian.
A "protection letter" indicating that the bearer of the letter is under the protection of Spain. The letter is typewritten on official letterhead of the Spanish Embassy in Hungary, affixed with a photograph of the protection-holder and stamped with an ink stamp of the Spanish Embassy and an ink stamp of the ambassador Ángel Sanz Briz.
Ángel Sanz Briz (1910-1980), a Spanish diplomat, born in Saragosa. Between the years 1943-1944 he served as chargé d'affaires in the Spanish Embassy in Budapest, and during this short period he succeeded in issuing passports and letters of protection for thousands of Hungarian Jews, assisting them to escape to Spain. The original license that Briz got from the Hungarians allowed him to issue 200 passports only, but Briz changed the license from "individuals" to "families" (and sometimes he registered fifteen people on one passport). When an issue of a passport was not possible Briz issued letters of protection, the number of which was also restricted. To overcome this restriction Briz added letters to the serial numbers on the protection letters. By doing so he succeeded in issuing, eventually, an unlimited number of passes for those who applied.
For his endeavors to save Jews during the holocaust Ángel Sanz Briz was awarded the title Righteous among the Nations in 1965.
Approx. 17X20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, slight creases and stains (mainly to the back). A small hole in the center (slightly affecting text). Strips of thick paper are pasted along the letter's margins and folding marks on the reverse, with stains and slight defects at spots of pasting. Ownership ink stamp on the reverse.
A "protection letter" indicating that the bearer of the letter is under the protection of Spain. The letter is typewritten on official letterhead of the Spanish Embassy in Hungary, affixed with a photograph of the protection-holder and stamped with an ink stamp of the Spanish Embassy and an ink stamp of the ambassador Ángel Sanz Briz.
Ángel Sanz Briz (1910-1980), a Spanish diplomat, born in Saragosa. Between the years 1943-1944 he served as chargé d'affaires in the Spanish Embassy in Budapest, and during this short period he succeeded in issuing passports and letters of protection for thousands of Hungarian Jews, assisting them to escape to Spain. The original license that Briz got from the Hungarians allowed him to issue 200 passports only, but Briz changed the license from "individuals" to "families" (and sometimes he registered fifteen people on one passport). When an issue of a passport was not possible Briz issued letters of protection, the number of which was also restricted. To overcome this restriction Briz added letters to the serial numbers on the protection letters. By doing so he succeeded in issuing, eventually, an unlimited number of passes for those who applied.
For his endeavors to save Jews during the holocaust Ángel Sanz Briz was awarded the title Righteous among the Nations in 1965.
Approx. 17X20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, slight creases and stains (mainly to the back). A small hole in the center (slightly affecting text). Strips of thick paper are pasted along the letter's margins and folding marks on the reverse, with stains and slight defects at spots of pasting. Ownership ink stamp on the reverse.
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Anglo-Judaica and Americana, Jewish Communities, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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![M[agyar]. Kir[ályi]. Belügyminiszter[ium]. 577.600/1944 II. B. M. Szárn. Mentesitő Okiratok Megerősit&eacu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/197.jpg "Pamphlet on behalf of the Hungarian Ministry of Interior - List of Jew")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $4,000
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M[agyar]. Kir[ályi]. Belügyminiszter[ium]. 577.600/1944 II. B. M. Szárn. Mentesitő Okiratok Megerősitése, Illetőleg Űj Mentesitések Engedélyezése. Budapest, November 1944. Hungarian.
A pamphlet with a list of about 600 Jews who were exempt from Hungarian Race Laws, their date of birth and place of residence. The list was published on behalf of the Hungarian Ministry of Interior, after the rise to power of Ferenc Szálasi, leader of the "Arrow Cross Party". Szálasi introduced an extreme anti Semitic policy and upon his appointment he limited as much as possible the number of Jews who were protected by the previous leader, Miklós Horthy. This pamphlet includes the updated and limited list of Jews whose protection was not denied.
On the last page appears an ink stamp of the Hungarian Ministry of Interior (Magyar Királyi Belügyminiszterium) and a handwritten signature of the ministry's secretary.
14, [1] pp, 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (mainly to first page), folding marks and creases. Slight defects.
Not in OCLC.
A pamphlet with a list of about 600 Jews who were exempt from Hungarian Race Laws, their date of birth and place of residence. The list was published on behalf of the Hungarian Ministry of Interior, after the rise to power of Ferenc Szálasi, leader of the "Arrow Cross Party". Szálasi introduced an extreme anti Semitic policy and upon his appointment he limited as much as possible the number of Jews who were protected by the previous leader, Miklós Horthy. This pamphlet includes the updated and limited list of Jews whose protection was not denied.
On the last page appears an ink stamp of the Hungarian Ministry of Interior (Magyar Királyi Belügyminiszterium) and a handwritten signature of the ministry's secretary.
14, [1] pp, 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (mainly to first page), folding marks and creases. Slight defects.
Not in OCLC.
Category
Anglo-Judaica and Americana, Jewish Communities, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Catalogue