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![Champignons veneneux, danger de mort!! [Poisonous mushrooms, danger of death!!], illustrated antisemitic children's booklet.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/197_1.jpg "\"Poisonous Mushrooms\" – Illustrated Antisemitic Children's Booklet – P")
![Champignons veneneux, danger de mort!! [Poisonous mushrooms, danger of death!!], illustrated antisemitic children's booklet.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/197_2.jpg "\"Poisonous Mushrooms\" – Illustrated Antisemitic Children's Booklet – P")
![Champignons veneneux, danger de mort!! [Poisonous mushrooms, danger of death!!], illustrated antisemitic children's booklet.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/197_3.jpg "\"Poisonous Mushrooms\" – Illustrated Antisemitic Children's Booklet – P")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
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Champignons veneneux, danger de mort!! [Poisonous mushrooms, danger of death!!], illustrated antisemitic children's booklet. [Paris]: N.E.F (Nouvelles Éditions Françaises), [early 1940s]. French.
The booklet is designed as a plant guide of sorts – each page displays a different "poisonous mushroom" (caricature of a famous Jewish man in the form of a mushroom), its scientific name (a distortion of the man's name) and explanations about its detrimental effect. The illustrations depict Alfred Dreyfus, French Prime Minister Leon Blum, French politician Moïse Lévy and others. The last caricature in the booklet depicts Joseph Stalin; the text on the facing page reads: "In conclusion: 14 Jews or friends of Jews = 14 poisons".
The booklet was printed as part of the antisemitic campaign of the Vichy regime, parallel to the opening of the exhibition "The Jew and France" in Paris. The exhibition, organized by the Institute for the Study of Jewish Questions (IEQJ) with support of the German Propaganda Office (Propagandastaffel), took place from September 1941 to January 1942.
This booklet is largely similar in theme to the antisemitic children's book "The Poisonous Mushroom", published by the Nazi weekly Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, 1938), portraying Jews as poisonous mushrooms (see previous item).
[16] pp (not including cover), 21X13.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor stains.
Not in NLI.
The booklet is designed as a plant guide of sorts – each page displays a different "poisonous mushroom" (caricature of a famous Jewish man in the form of a mushroom), its scientific name (a distortion of the man's name) and explanations about its detrimental effect. The illustrations depict Alfred Dreyfus, French Prime Minister Leon Blum, French politician Moïse Lévy and others. The last caricature in the booklet depicts Joseph Stalin; the text on the facing page reads: "In conclusion: 14 Jews or friends of Jews = 14 poisons".
The booklet was printed as part of the antisemitic campaign of the Vichy regime, parallel to the opening of the exhibition "The Jew and France" in Paris. The exhibition, organized by the Institute for the Study of Jewish Questions (IEQJ) with support of the German Propaganda Office (Propagandastaffel), took place from September 1941 to January 1942.
This booklet is largely similar in theme to the antisemitic children's book "The Poisonous Mushroom", published by the Nazi weekly Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, 1938), portraying Jews as poisonous mushrooms (see previous item).
[16] pp (not including cover), 21X13.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor stains.
Not in NLI.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Sold for: $375
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Exposition le Juif et la France au Palais Berlitz sous l'égide de l'Institut d'études des questions Juives [The Jew and France Exhibition at the Palais Berlitz building, sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Jewish Questions]. [Paris, 1941]. French.
Guide for "The Jew and France" exhibition, organized by the Institute for the Study of Jewish Questions (IEQJ) with support of the German Propaganda Office (Propagandastaffel). The exhibition, which ran in Paris from September 1941 to January 1942, was based on the work of antisemitic anthropologist George Montandon; the works aimed to facilitate the recognition of Jews by their physical attributes. The guide features pictures of the exhibits, a plan of the showrooms and a large illustration on the cover (signed in the plate: René Péron).
30, [2] pp, 25 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Stains and some scuffs to cover and spine.
Guide for "The Jew and France" exhibition, organized by the Institute for the Study of Jewish Questions (IEQJ) with support of the German Propaganda Office (Propagandastaffel). The exhibition, which ran in Paris from September 1941 to January 1942, was based on the work of antisemitic anthropologist George Montandon; the works aimed to facilitate the recognition of Jews by their physical attributes. The guide features pictures of the exhibits, a plan of the showrooms and a large illustration on the cover (signed in the plate: René Péron).
30, [2] pp, 25 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Stains and some scuffs to cover and spine.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Erblehre, Abstammungs- und Rassenkunde in Bildlicher Darstellung [Study of Heredity, Genealogy and Racial Science, in Pictorial Representation], portfolio with plates of text, illustrations and sketches for teaching heredity and race theory. Text by Alfred Vogel; illustrations by Eberhard Brauchle. Stuttgart: Verlag für National Literatur Gebr. Rath, [second edition from 1939]. German.
Portfolio with 69 (out of 80) plates combining text, illustrations and diagrams (many of them in color) intended for the instruction of heredity and scientific racism in schools in Nazi Germany. The portfolio was created by Alfred Vogel, an elementary school principal in Baden, to accompany a textbook he had written on the subject (Erblehre und Rassenkunde für die Grund- und Hauptschule, 1937). The plates were illustrated by Eberhard Brauchle.
The plates form two groups, the first of which deals with the laws of Mendelian Inheritance using illustrations and diagrams to present various experiments and studies in plants. The second group of plates deals with heredity and racial science. By means of illustrations, diagrams, photographs and more, the plates present the antisemitic racial theory about the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of other races.
The portfolio, which reflects the doctrine of the Nazi party and the Nuremberg race laws, puts a special emphasis on the nature and character of the Jews: their inferior genetics, their defilement of the Aryan race, their degenerate culture, their corrupted morality, their love of money, their plot to take over the world, etc. On the bottom of some of the plates appear quotations and sentences reflecting the racial and antisemitic principles of the Nazi party.
Incomplete copy with 69 (out of 80) plates: plates no. 10-15, 17-48, 48a, 49-78. Missing eleven plates (including title page). Portfolio: 40 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes to margins of plates. The portfolio is somewhat worn, with tears and blemishes to edges and spine. Inked stamp to portfolio's front board and to inside front board.
Portfolio with 69 (out of 80) plates combining text, illustrations and diagrams (many of them in color) intended for the instruction of heredity and scientific racism in schools in Nazi Germany. The portfolio was created by Alfred Vogel, an elementary school principal in Baden, to accompany a textbook he had written on the subject (Erblehre und Rassenkunde für die Grund- und Hauptschule, 1937). The plates were illustrated by Eberhard Brauchle.
The plates form two groups, the first of which deals with the laws of Mendelian Inheritance using illustrations and diagrams to present various experiments and studies in plants. The second group of plates deals with heredity and racial science. By means of illustrations, diagrams, photographs and more, the plates present the antisemitic racial theory about the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of other races.
The portfolio, which reflects the doctrine of the Nazi party and the Nuremberg race laws, puts a special emphasis on the nature and character of the Jews: their inferior genetics, their defilement of the Aryan race, their degenerate culture, their corrupted morality, their love of money, their plot to take over the world, etc. On the bottom of some of the plates appear quotations and sentences reflecting the racial and antisemitic principles of the Nazi party.
Incomplete copy with 69 (out of 80) plates: plates no. 10-15, 17-48, 48a, 49-78. Missing eleven plates (including title page). Portfolio: 40 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes to margins of plates. The portfolio is somewhat worn, with tears and blemishes to edges and spine. Inked stamp to portfolio's front board and to inside front board.
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![Propaganda et Realite [Propaganda and Reality], an anti-Nazi brochure campaigning to boycott the fourth Winter Olympics held](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/200.jpg "\"Propaganda and Reality\" – Anti-Nazi Brochure Campaigning to Boycott t")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
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Propaganda et Realite [Propaganda and Reality], an anti-Nazi brochure campaigning to boycott the fourth Winter Olympics held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Brussels: Comité International de Défense de l'Idée Olympique ("The International Committee for Defending the Olympic Idea"), 1936. French.
A brochure printed as part of the campaign to boycott the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany. The title page is divided in half, depicting "Propaganda" – an athlete with the Olympic flag on his chest and a vaulting pole in his hand, and "Reality" – an identical illustration, in which the Olympic flag is replaced by a swastika, the pole by a bloody sword and the belt by a gun holster. The brochure features articles and reviews, accompanied by pictures and illustrations, denouncing the racism, discrimination and oppression prevalent in German sports, and the crimes of the Nazi regime against the Jews of Germany and Jewish athletes. The brochure also includes quotes from German sources revealing the policy of discrimination, and quotes by leading intellectuals, journalists, politicians and athletes who object to participation in sport competitions in Nazi Germany. The brochure stresses the Nazis' manipulative use of the Olympic Games to mislead the world and hide the regime's crimes.
The brochure was issued by the Comité International de Défense de l'Idée Olympique ("The International Committee for Defending the Olympic Idea"), founded during the anti-fascist congress in Paris in 1935. Several sports organizations took part in the congress; the most prominent of which, the Red Sport International, was sponsored by Communist Russia.
[8] pp. (all but one with two columns), approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes. Small tears to edges.
Not recorded in OCLC.
A brochure printed as part of the campaign to boycott the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany. The title page is divided in half, depicting "Propaganda" – an athlete with the Olympic flag on his chest and a vaulting pole in his hand, and "Reality" – an identical illustration, in which the Olympic flag is replaced by a swastika, the pole by a bloody sword and the belt by a gun holster. The brochure features articles and reviews, accompanied by pictures and illustrations, denouncing the racism, discrimination and oppression prevalent in German sports, and the crimes of the Nazi regime against the Jews of Germany and Jewish athletes. The brochure also includes quotes from German sources revealing the policy of discrimination, and quotes by leading intellectuals, journalists, politicians and athletes who object to participation in sport competitions in Nazi Germany. The brochure stresses the Nazis' manipulative use of the Olympic Games to mislead the world and hide the regime's crimes.
The brochure was issued by the Comité International de Défense de l'Idée Olympique ("The International Committee for Defending the Olympic Idea"), founded during the anti-fascist congress in Paris in 1935. Several sports organizations took part in the congress; the most prominent of which, the Red Sport International, was sponsored by Communist Russia.
[8] pp. (all but one with two columns), approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes. Small tears to edges.
Not recorded in OCLC.
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![Todes-Anzeige [Death Notice], an antisemitic handbill issued by the Nazi party in Austria. Printed with the annexation of Aus](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/201.jpg "\"Death Notice\" – Antisemitic Handbill Issued by the Nazi Party in Aust")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Todes-Anzeige [Death Notice], an antisemitic handbill issued by the Nazi party in Austria. Printed with the annexation of Austria by the Third Reich (the "Anschluss"). [Austria, March 1938]. German.
An antisemitic handbill issued by the Nazi party in Austria, designed as a death notice (the text is surrounded by a thick black border), announcing the death of the "Austro-Jewish Empire": "'The Fatherland Front' hereby announces to its few members that the black-Jewish corpse […] has suddenly, on March 11, 1938, gone to hell". The broadside, supposedly signed by several leaders of the Fatherland Front, including the deposed Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, ends with the words "And never to be seen again!".
The Fatherland Front (Vaterländische Front), an Austrian fascist party established in May 1933, supported Austrian nationalism and independence from Nazi Germany. With the German invasion of Austria on March 12, 1938 and the annexation of Austria to the Third Reich, the party was outlawed. All traces of the old Austrian government were erased: the Austrian flag and emblem were replaced, streets and squares were renamed, and so on. At that time, the text of this handbill, tying the Jews with the old government in order to undermine its legitimacy, was published in the Austrian press.
28.5X22.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Small tears to edges and fold lines.
An antisemitic handbill issued by the Nazi party in Austria, designed as a death notice (the text is surrounded by a thick black border), announcing the death of the "Austro-Jewish Empire": "'The Fatherland Front' hereby announces to its few members that the black-Jewish corpse […] has suddenly, on March 11, 1938, gone to hell". The broadside, supposedly signed by several leaders of the Fatherland Front, including the deposed Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, ends with the words "And never to be seen again!".
The Fatherland Front (Vaterländische Front), an Austrian fascist party established in May 1933, supported Austrian nationalism and independence from Nazi Germany. With the German invasion of Austria on March 12, 1938 and the annexation of Austria to the Third Reich, the party was outlawed. All traces of the old Austrian government were erased: the Austrian flag and emblem were replaced, streets and squares were renamed, and so on. At that time, the text of this handbill, tying the Jews with the old government in order to undermine its legitimacy, was published in the Austrian press.
28.5X22.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Small tears to edges and fold lines.
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![Jüdisches Adressbuch für Gross-Berlin [Jewish Address Book for Greater Berlin]. Managing editor: H. Arnold. Berlin: Goedega V](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/202_1.jpg "Jewish Address Book for Greater Berlin, 1929-1930 – Documentation of t")
![Jüdisches Adressbuch für Gross-Berlin [Jewish Address Book for Greater Berlin]. Managing editor: H. Arnold. Berlin: Goedega V](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/202_2.jpg "Jewish Address Book for Greater Berlin, 1929-1930 – Documentation of t")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,500
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Jüdisches Adressbuch für Gross-Berlin [Jewish Address Book for Greater Berlin]. Managing editor: H. Arnold. Berlin: Goedega Verlags-Gesellschaft, [1929]. German.
An address book of the Jews of Berlin for the years 1929-1930, listing more than seventy thousand Berliner Jews (about a third of the Jewish population of Berlin at the time). Alphabetical entries include last and first name, occupation and address. A small drawing of a telephone earpiece was added next to telephone owners.
The address book includes advertisements for hundreds of Jewish places of business and companies in Berlin (some printed on color paper). It ends with several texts about the Jewish community of Berlin (reviewing the educational system, the welfare system, religious services and more) and a list of dozens of Jewish associations and organizations, grouped by various categories: general associations, aid associations, synagogue and community associations, youth associations, professional organizations, cultural associations, women's association, students' associations, Zionist associations, sports associations and more.
Even before publication, this book provoked much controversy among the Jews of Berlin, some of whom saw it as an act of defiance exposing the Jews of the city to grave danger. In the introduction to this edition, the editors extensively addressed the atmosphere in Berlin and the claims of their opponents: "There are of course Jews who object to a Jewish address book, since they are not interested in seeing themselves described as Jews in print. We do not consider such an objection to be valid. We know very well that the anti-Jewish movement nowadays has a distinct tendency to identify any person with a Jewish-sounding name as a Jew. […] the German Jews, in general, see themselves as a loyal organ of the German people […] they proved it during the World War, when tens of thousands sacrificed their lives for the German people and homeland".
The publishers intended to print a new directory once every two years; however, only one additional edition was published, in 1931, before the Nazi party rose to power.
496, [2] pp. + [5] advertisement plates. Approx. 29 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to margins). Closed and open tears to first and last leaves (some restored. Pieces of paper for reinforcement on one of the leaves). One plate detached. Inked stamps to first leaf and a pen notation to inside front cover. The cover is stained and slightly worn. The spine is restored.
An address book of the Jews of Berlin for the years 1929-1930, listing more than seventy thousand Berliner Jews (about a third of the Jewish population of Berlin at the time). Alphabetical entries include last and first name, occupation and address. A small drawing of a telephone earpiece was added next to telephone owners.
The address book includes advertisements for hundreds of Jewish places of business and companies in Berlin (some printed on color paper). It ends with several texts about the Jewish community of Berlin (reviewing the educational system, the welfare system, religious services and more) and a list of dozens of Jewish associations and organizations, grouped by various categories: general associations, aid associations, synagogue and community associations, youth associations, professional organizations, cultural associations, women's association, students' associations, Zionist associations, sports associations and more.
Even before publication, this book provoked much controversy among the Jews of Berlin, some of whom saw it as an act of defiance exposing the Jews of the city to grave danger. In the introduction to this edition, the editors extensively addressed the atmosphere in Berlin and the claims of their opponents: "There are of course Jews who object to a Jewish address book, since they are not interested in seeing themselves described as Jews in print. We do not consider such an objection to be valid. We know very well that the anti-Jewish movement nowadays has a distinct tendency to identify any person with a Jewish-sounding name as a Jew. […] the German Jews, in general, see themselves as a loyal organ of the German people […] they proved it during the World War, when tens of thousands sacrificed their lives for the German people and homeland".
The publishers intended to print a new directory once every two years; however, only one additional edition was published, in 1931, before the Nazi party rose to power.
496, [2] pp. + [5] advertisement plates. Approx. 29 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to margins). Closed and open tears to first and last leaves (some restored. Pieces of paper for reinforcement on one of the leaves). One plate detached. Inked stamps to first leaf and a pen notation to inside front cover. The cover is stained and slightly worn. The spine is restored.
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![Wo Juden unerwünscht sind! [Where Jews are Unwanted!]. Hamburg: Israelitisches Familienblatt, 1932. German. A booklet publis](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/203.jpg "\"Where Jews are Unwanted!\" – A List of Hundreds of Antisemitic Busines")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Wo Juden unerwünscht sind! [Where Jews are Unwanted!]. Hamburg: Israelitisches Familienblatt, 1932. German.
A booklet published as a supplement to issue no. 22 of the popular Jewish newspaper Israelitisches Familienblatt from June 2, 1932 (an extended edition of a booklet already published by the newspaper in 1929). The booklet lists hundreds of German businesses – hotels and guesthouses, resorts and bath-houses, restaurants, and more – which do not allow Jewish visitors or adopt antisemitic policies. Next to each business is a mark indicating the motive for its antisemitic policy – religious, ethnic, nationalist or racial.
32 pp., 14 cm. Good condition. Some creases. Minor stains. Several marks in colored pencil. Tear to bottom of spine.
A booklet published as a supplement to issue no. 22 of the popular Jewish newspaper Israelitisches Familienblatt from June 2, 1932 (an extended edition of a booklet already published by the newspaper in 1929). The booklet lists hundreds of German businesses – hotels and guesthouses, resorts and bath-houses, restaurants, and more – which do not allow Jewish visitors or adopt antisemitic policies. Next to each business is a mark indicating the motive for its antisemitic policy – religious, ethnic, nationalist or racial.
32 pp., 14 cm. Good condition. Some creases. Minor stains. Several marks in colored pencil. Tear to bottom of spine.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,500
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Eight contribution cards (Beitragskarte), with stamps given against contributions to the Central Welfare Agency for German Jews (Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Deutschen Juden) – a welfare agency for German Jews under Nazi regime. Germany, [ca. 1934-1939]. German.
Eight blue paperboard cards, folded in half. Printed on one side of the cards are a Star of David, the caption "Für Hilfe und Aufbau" [for aid and rehabilitation], and other details (the names of the receivers were added by hand). Printed inscription on some of the cards indicates that they were issued by the Berlin Jewish community; a number of cards bear inked stamps of Jewish welfare agencies in Breslau (Jud. Wohlfahrtsamt Breslau) and in Munich (Wohlfahrtsant der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde München).
Twelve stamps, of different face values, are mounted on the inside of each card – one for each monthly contribution to the Central Welfare Agency for German Jews. The color illustrations on the stamps mostly depict Jewish themes: emblems of the Twelve Tribes; Jewish ceremonial objects; holidays, ceremonies and customs (a Jewish wedding, prayer at the Western Wall, lighting Shabbat candles and a Purim celebration); biblical figures and more.
Such cards were distributed by the Central Welfare Agency for German Jews as of 1934, recording funds donated through the agency. The donations were used for assisting German Jews who lost their means of earning a living or were affected in a different manner by Nazi policies.
Eight paperboard cards, 20X15 cm, folded in half. Good overall condition. Stains (including foxing from paper clips) and minor blemishes. A filing hole to one card. An open tear and traces of gluing to margins of another card.
Eight blue paperboard cards, folded in half. Printed on one side of the cards are a Star of David, the caption "Für Hilfe und Aufbau" [for aid and rehabilitation], and other details (the names of the receivers were added by hand). Printed inscription on some of the cards indicates that they were issued by the Berlin Jewish community; a number of cards bear inked stamps of Jewish welfare agencies in Breslau (Jud. Wohlfahrtsamt Breslau) and in Munich (Wohlfahrtsant der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde München).
Twelve stamps, of different face values, are mounted on the inside of each card – one for each monthly contribution to the Central Welfare Agency for German Jews. The color illustrations on the stamps mostly depict Jewish themes: emblems of the Twelve Tribes; Jewish ceremonial objects; holidays, ceremonies and customs (a Jewish wedding, prayer at the Western Wall, lighting Shabbat candles and a Purim celebration); biblical figures and more.
Such cards were distributed by the Central Welfare Agency for German Jews as of 1934, recording funds donated through the agency. The donations were used for assisting German Jews who lost their means of earning a living or were affected in a different manner by Nazi policies.
Eight paperboard cards, 20X15 cm, folded in half. Good overall condition. Stains (including foxing from paper clips) and minor blemishes. A filing hole to one card. An open tear and traces of gluing to margins of another card.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
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Two German passports (Deutsches Reich Reisepass), issued at the consulate of Nazi Germany in Jaffa to German citizens in Palestine. Jaffa, 1938.
The passports were issued to the advocate Dr. Kurt Landsberg and his wife Charlotte. Their pictures, personal details and signatures appear on the first pages. Both passports are stamped with official stamps of the German consulate in Jaffa (Deutsches Konsulat in Jaffa) and hand-signed by the German consul.
One passport is also stamped with a Hebrew stamp of the IDF – "Israel Defense Forces – Operation Betzer" (Operation Betzer for tracking down deserters took place in Tel-Aviv in August 1948, during the second truce in Israel's War of Independence).
Presumably, the couple continued using these passports even after the fall of the Third Reich and the establishment of the State of Israel; thus the rare and extraordinary combination of a Third Reich passport bearing an IDF stamp.
The German consulate in Jaffa operated during the years 1870-1917 and 1926-1939. It was administratively subject to the general consulate in Jerusalem, but had certain authorities. Nazi Party member Timotheus Wurs (1874-1961) served as German consul in Jaffa between 1932 and 1939. At the same time, he served as director of the German Temple Society Bank (Bank der Tempelgesellschaft) in Jaffa.
16.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor blemishes (mainly to margins and covers).
The passports were issued to the advocate Dr. Kurt Landsberg and his wife Charlotte. Their pictures, personal details and signatures appear on the first pages. Both passports are stamped with official stamps of the German consulate in Jaffa (Deutsches Konsulat in Jaffa) and hand-signed by the German consul.
One passport is also stamped with a Hebrew stamp of the IDF – "Israel Defense Forces – Operation Betzer" (Operation Betzer for tracking down deserters took place in Tel-Aviv in August 1948, during the second truce in Israel's War of Independence).
Presumably, the couple continued using these passports even after the fall of the Third Reich and the establishment of the State of Israel; thus the rare and extraordinary combination of a Third Reich passport bearing an IDF stamp.
The German consulate in Jaffa operated during the years 1870-1917 and 1926-1939. It was administratively subject to the general consulate in Jerusalem, but had certain authorities. Nazi Party member Timotheus Wurs (1874-1961) served as German consul in Jaffa between 1932 and 1939. At the same time, he served as director of the German Temple Society Bank (Bank der Tempelgesellschaft) in Jaffa.
16.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor blemishes (mainly to margins and covers).
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,000
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Nansenausweis (Nansen Passport) – a passport for stateless persons issued by The Nansen International Office for Refugees within the League of Nations. Leipzig, July 1938. Printed in German and French.
Nansen Passport in the name of the Jew Lowe Merkin of Shklow (Belarus), confirmed by the handwritten signature and official stamps of the chief of Nazi police in Leipzig.
The first page lists Merkin's personal details with his picture and handwritten signature; the two following pages bear entry visas and transit stamps documenting the route of his escape from Europe – via Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland, which he (presumably) left in an aircraft to Croydon, England (this stamp, dated April 27, 1939, is the last stamp in the passport).
The Nansen Passports were travel documents issued by the League of Nations to stateless refugees during the years 1922-1938, conceived by scientist and explorer Fridtjof Nansen after Soviet Russia revoked the citizenship of 800,000 exiles who escaped the Red Army. The passports were considered one of the single successes of the League of Nations. In 1938, the Nansen International Office for Refugees was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
[2] leaves, approx. 29.5 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Filing holes. Tears to edges and fold lines (some open), some reinforced with strips of paper and tape.
Nansen Passport in the name of the Jew Lowe Merkin of Shklow (Belarus), confirmed by the handwritten signature and official stamps of the chief of Nazi police in Leipzig.
The first page lists Merkin's personal details with his picture and handwritten signature; the two following pages bear entry visas and transit stamps documenting the route of his escape from Europe – via Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland, which he (presumably) left in an aircraft to Croydon, England (this stamp, dated April 27, 1939, is the last stamp in the passport).
The Nansen Passports were travel documents issued by the League of Nations to stateless refugees during the years 1922-1938, conceived by scientist and explorer Fridtjof Nansen after Soviet Russia revoked the citizenship of 800,000 exiles who escaped the Red Army. The passports were considered one of the single successes of the League of Nations. In 1938, the Nansen International Office for Refugees was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
[2] leaves, approx. 29.5 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Filing holes. Tears to edges and fold lines (some open), some reinforced with strips of paper and tape.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $600
Sold for: $2,250
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Three passports issued by the Japanese consulate in Sophia to a Jewish family that escaped from Europe via Japan. Sophia; issued in 1939-1940.
The passports were issued to Leon Levi, Lili Levi (with her daughter) and Berta Levi and bear various stamps tracing their escape from Europe to Canada in late 1940: entry visas to the US issued by the embassy in Sophia, exits stamp from Bulgaria via Varna, entry stamp to the USSR and an exit stamp from east USSR, entry stamp to Japan and finally – entry stamps to Canada from 23.12.1940. All three passports bear Japanese transit visas issued in the embassy in Sophia on 5.11.1940, with handwritten inscriptions (in Japanese) and additional stamps.
Between 1940 and 1941, Japanese consuls in Europe issued thousands of transit visas to Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany (the most famous of them is Chiune Sugihara, Japanese consul in Kaunas, the Righteous Among the Nations who on his own issued thousands of visas). Transit visa recipients had to embark on an arduous journey – crossing Russia from west to east, travelling to Japan and then to a third country willing to accept them; yet these visas helped save thousands of lives. The Japanese consulate In Sophia, Bulgaria, did not issue many visas. An official document of the Japanese government from February 1941 indicates that only three transit visas were issues in Sophia to Jewish refugees – as many as these passports.
Three passports, approx. 15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and blemishes. The covers are worn and scuffed. Long cracks to exterior front hinge in two passports.
See: Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees, by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto. Westport: Praeger, 1998. pp. 119-120.
The passports were issued to Leon Levi, Lili Levi (with her daughter) and Berta Levi and bear various stamps tracing their escape from Europe to Canada in late 1940: entry visas to the US issued by the embassy in Sophia, exits stamp from Bulgaria via Varna, entry stamp to the USSR and an exit stamp from east USSR, entry stamp to Japan and finally – entry stamps to Canada from 23.12.1940. All three passports bear Japanese transit visas issued in the embassy in Sophia on 5.11.1940, with handwritten inscriptions (in Japanese) and additional stamps.
Between 1940 and 1941, Japanese consuls in Europe issued thousands of transit visas to Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany (the most famous of them is Chiune Sugihara, Japanese consul in Kaunas, the Righteous Among the Nations who on his own issued thousands of visas). Transit visa recipients had to embark on an arduous journey – crossing Russia from west to east, travelling to Japan and then to a third country willing to accept them; yet these visas helped save thousands of lives. The Japanese consulate In Sophia, Bulgaria, did not issue many visas. An official document of the Japanese government from February 1941 indicates that only three transit visas were issues in Sophia to Jewish refugees – as many as these passports.
Three passports, approx. 15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and blemishes. The covers are worn and scuffed. Long cracks to exterior front hinge in two passports.
See: Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees, by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto. Westport: Praeger, 1998. pp. 119-120.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $3,125
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About 100 letters, certificates and documents, exchanged between the tax authority in Vienna (Finanzamt) and various entities in Nazi Germany – The Central Office for Jewish Emigration, the property registration authority, the Gestapo, the Nazi Party and other entities. Austria and Germany, late 1930s to mid-1940s. German.
The letters and documents are typewritten on official letterheads, with many handwritten comments, stamps and handwritten signatures of the responsible officials, providing a peek into the "backstage" of the bureaucratic mechanism in Nazi Germany – the process of Aryanization and expropriation of Jewish property, cancellation of debts of outstanding officials and officers, the tax arrangements of the various bodies, the ties of commercial companies with the party and more. In the collection:
· 17 letters by the property registration authority (Vermögensverkehrsstelle; the official title of the institution set up to manage the expropriation of Jewish property in Austria) – a letter dealing with the expropriation of a clothing business in Vienna owned by Vera Mund, a Jewish woman; a power of attorney for taking over the property of the Jew Rudolf (Israel) Taussig of Vienna; a letter dealing with the liquidation of the Carl Bondy & Co. export company (which belonged to a Jewish-Austrian citizen); and more.
· Two letters by The Central Office for Jewish Emigration, dealing with payments that will be imposed on Jews requesting an exit permit from Austria.
· Three letters by Gestapo members, one dealing with the revocation of the German citizenship of Hans (Israel) Freund of Vienna and expropriation of his property.
· Seventeen letters of recommendation for the cancellation of debts and tax breaks for Nazi high-ranking officials in Austria, including five letters of recommendation for the Governor of Vienna and SS officer Franz Richter; letter of recommendation for award of the Blood Order decoration to Nazi Party member Antonie Friedmann (one of a total of sixteen women to be awarded the decoration); and additional letters of recommendation.
· Letters by senior Wehrmacht officers, chief of the Vienna Police, Leo Gotzmann, the broadcasting authority of Nazi Germany, "The Reich Film Department" (Reichsfilmkammer), the Reichswerke Hermann Göring industrial conglomerate, the Heinkel aircraft manufacturing company, the Vienna Gerngross shopping center (expropriated from its Jewish owners), and more.
About 100 items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
The letters and documents are typewritten on official letterheads, with many handwritten comments, stamps and handwritten signatures of the responsible officials, providing a peek into the "backstage" of the bureaucratic mechanism in Nazi Germany – the process of Aryanization and expropriation of Jewish property, cancellation of debts of outstanding officials and officers, the tax arrangements of the various bodies, the ties of commercial companies with the party and more. In the collection:
· 17 letters by the property registration authority (Vermögensverkehrsstelle; the official title of the institution set up to manage the expropriation of Jewish property in Austria) – a letter dealing with the expropriation of a clothing business in Vienna owned by Vera Mund, a Jewish woman; a power of attorney for taking over the property of the Jew Rudolf (Israel) Taussig of Vienna; a letter dealing with the liquidation of the Carl Bondy & Co. export company (which belonged to a Jewish-Austrian citizen); and more.
· Two letters by The Central Office for Jewish Emigration, dealing with payments that will be imposed on Jews requesting an exit permit from Austria.
· Three letters by Gestapo members, one dealing with the revocation of the German citizenship of Hans (Israel) Freund of Vienna and expropriation of his property.
· Seventeen letters of recommendation for the cancellation of debts and tax breaks for Nazi high-ranking officials in Austria, including five letters of recommendation for the Governor of Vienna and SS officer Franz Richter; letter of recommendation for award of the Blood Order decoration to Nazi Party member Antonie Friedmann (one of a total of sixteen women to be awarded the decoration); and additional letters of recommendation.
· Letters by senior Wehrmacht officers, chief of the Vienna Police, Leo Gotzmann, the broadcasting authority of Nazi Germany, "The Reich Film Department" (Reichsfilmkammer), the Reichswerke Hermann Göring industrial conglomerate, the Heinkel aircraft manufacturing company, the Vienna Gerngross shopping center (expropriated from its Jewish owners), and more.
About 100 items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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