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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $800
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An album with about 50 photographs documenting the Theresienstadt Ghetto as witnessed by soldiers of the Red Army during its liberation. Theresienstadt, [May 1945; a few later or earlier photographs].
The Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the Nazis in 1941 near the town of Terezin in Czechoslovakia. It was run by the SS, the prisoners suffering from overcrowding, starvation, and disease. In preparation for a visit of an investigative commission of the International Red Cross, the Germans decided to turn Theresienstadt into a "model ghetto": stores, a coffee house, a bank and a school were opened, and gardens were planted in the ghetto. Later, a propaganda film (Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet) was made in the ghetto, screened for representatives of the Red Cross. Not long after the production was completed, most of the prisoners of the ghetto were deported to extermination camps.
This album documents the ghetto upon its liberation by the Red Army. The photographs depict survivors receiving first treatment in a yard, the victims as they were found after the liberation, the gallows, the graves, paper boxes with ashes of victims (some with name labels), the private swimming pool built by prisoners for the camp commander's children and more (many of the photographs are highly graphic and explicit).
Several photographs at the beginning and end of the album depict other people and events: portrait photographs of two of the camp commanders – Heinrich Jöckel and Stefan Rojko and photographs from a state funeral ceremony held for the victims in September 1945, attended by Jan Masaryk.
The photographs are mounted in the album. Most of them are captioned on printed notes (Czech). Several of the photographs in the album are found in the archive of the Czech photography agency ČTK, whose photographer Josef Vosolsobe visited the camp on May 9, 1945.
Approx. 13X8.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Size of album: approx. 32X23 cm. The leaves and some of the photographs are numbered by hand. Stains and small tears to edges of tissue guards. The binding is slightly worn.
The Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the Nazis in 1941 near the town of Terezin in Czechoslovakia. It was run by the SS, the prisoners suffering from overcrowding, starvation, and disease. In preparation for a visit of an investigative commission of the International Red Cross, the Germans decided to turn Theresienstadt into a "model ghetto": stores, a coffee house, a bank and a school were opened, and gardens were planted in the ghetto. Later, a propaganda film (Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet) was made in the ghetto, screened for representatives of the Red Cross. Not long after the production was completed, most of the prisoners of the ghetto were deported to extermination camps.
This album documents the ghetto upon its liberation by the Red Army. The photographs depict survivors receiving first treatment in a yard, the victims as they were found after the liberation, the gallows, the graves, paper boxes with ashes of victims (some with name labels), the private swimming pool built by prisoners for the camp commander's children and more (many of the photographs are highly graphic and explicit).
Several photographs at the beginning and end of the album depict other people and events: portrait photographs of two of the camp commanders – Heinrich Jöckel and Stefan Rojko and photographs from a state funeral ceremony held for the victims in September 1945, attended by Jan Masaryk.
The photographs are mounted in the album. Most of them are captioned on printed notes (Czech). Several of the photographs in the album are found in the archive of the Czech photography agency ČTK, whose photographer Josef Vosolsobe visited the camp on May 9, 1945.
Approx. 13X8.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Size of album: approx. 32X23 cm. The leaves and some of the photographs are numbered by hand. Stains and small tears to edges of tissue guards. The binding is slightly worn.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $800
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The Mass Extermination of Jews in German occupied Poland, Note addressed to the governments of the United Nations on December 10th, 1942, and other documents. London, New York and Melbourne: Hutchinson & Co., [December 1942/1943]. English.
A booklet issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Polish government-in-exile, considered the first official publication about the systematic extermination of Jews in Europe.
The main document published in this booklet is the note addressed by Edward Raczyński, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the governments of the United Nations, in which he reported in detail the horrors taking place in Poland – the massacres, the Aktions, the mass deportations to the extermination camps of Treblinka, Belzec, and Sobibor, and even the mass extermination in the gas chambers. Raczyński's report is based on documents smuggled from continental Europe by Jan Karski-Kozielski, a Polish resistance fighter who infiltrated an extermination camp and witnessed the Nazi atrocities.
The booklet also includes several short documents related to the mass extermination of the Jews: the joint declaration by member nations of the United Nations, confirming for the first time the information about the mass extermination of Jews: "the German authorities, not content with denying to persons of Jewish race in all the territories over which their barbarous rule has been extended, the most elementary human rights, are now carrying into effect Hitler's oft-repeated intention to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe […] those responsible for these crimes shall not escape retribution"; text of a broadcast by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in December 1942, urging the UN and the general public to acknowledge the tragedy occurring in Europe and take action; and several other documents.
16 pp., 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor creases to corners.
A booklet issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Polish government-in-exile, considered the first official publication about the systematic extermination of Jews in Europe.
The main document published in this booklet is the note addressed by Edward Raczyński, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the governments of the United Nations, in which he reported in detail the horrors taking place in Poland – the massacres, the Aktions, the mass deportations to the extermination camps of Treblinka, Belzec, and Sobibor, and even the mass extermination in the gas chambers. Raczyński's report is based on documents smuggled from continental Europe by Jan Karski-Kozielski, a Polish resistance fighter who infiltrated an extermination camp and witnessed the Nazi atrocities.
The booklet also includes several short documents related to the mass extermination of the Jews: the joint declaration by member nations of the United Nations, confirming for the first time the information about the mass extermination of Jews: "the German authorities, not content with denying to persons of Jewish race in all the territories over which their barbarous rule has been extended, the most elementary human rights, are now carrying into effect Hitler's oft-repeated intention to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe […] those responsible for these crimes shall not escape retribution"; text of a broadcast by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in December 1942, urging the UN and the general public to acknowledge the tragedy occurring in Europe and take action; and several other documents.
16 pp., 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor creases to corners.
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![Powstanie w ghetcie warszawskiem [The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising], by Bernard Mark. Moscow: Nakladem Zwiazku Patriotów Polskich w](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/223.jpg "\"The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising\" by Bernard Mark – Moscow, 1944 – Cover De")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Powstanie w ghetcie warszawskiem [The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising], by Bernard Mark. Moscow: Nakladem Zwiazku Patriotów Polskich w ZSRR, 1944. Polish.
This work, by Jewish historian Bernard Mark (1908-1966), is considered one of the first accounts of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the first such account officially published for the wide public. Original cover designed by Mieczysław Berman.
Mieczysław Berman (1903-1975), an influential artist and graphic designer, born in Warsaw, is known mainly for his political works, such as photomontages, posters and films. His works were displayed in prestigious galleries and museums in the world, including the Israel Museum ("Dada, Surrealism and Beyond", 2007).
70, [2] pp, approx. 16.5 cm. Some stains. Bookplate to inside front cover. Creases and minor blemishes to cover. Pen notation to back cover.
This work, by Jewish historian Bernard Mark (1908-1966), is considered one of the first accounts of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the first such account officially published for the wide public. Original cover designed by Mieczysław Berman.
Mieczysław Berman (1903-1975), an influential artist and graphic designer, born in Warsaw, is known mainly for his political works, such as photomontages, posters and films. His works were displayed in prestigious galleries and museums in the world, including the Israel Museum ("Dada, Surrealism and Beyond", 2007).
70, [2] pp, approx. 16.5 cm. Some stains. Bookplate to inside front cover. Creases and minor blemishes to cover. Pen notation to back cover.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
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Report (carbon paper copy) made by the American Army, with a statement of the chief physician of the Mauthausen concentration camp, Dr. [Władysław] Czaplinski. [Germany?, Austria?, ca. 1945]. English.
The report, made by the American Counter Intelligence Corps (Army CIC), includes two parts: a detailed overview of the findings from the Untermaßfeld camp – a fortress that was turned into a detention center for 1500 prisoners of war (describing the physical condition of the prisoners, the harsh conditions of their imprisonment, their countries of origin and more); a detailed statement by Władysław Czaplinski (a prisoner at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp who served as chief physician there) with a review of the crimes in the camp, dates of deportations and mass executions, the number of victims, description of the methods of punishment and killing, documentation of the gas chambers operation in the camp and additional information.
[7] leaves, approx. 26.5 cm + a printed piece of paper (complementing the upper margin of one leaf). Good condition. Pinholes. Some creases and stains.
Enclosed: additional copy of one leaf of the report.
The report, made by the American Counter Intelligence Corps (Army CIC), includes two parts: a detailed overview of the findings from the Untermaßfeld camp – a fortress that was turned into a detention center for 1500 prisoners of war (describing the physical condition of the prisoners, the harsh conditions of their imprisonment, their countries of origin and more); a detailed statement by Władysław Czaplinski (a prisoner at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp who served as chief physician there) with a review of the crimes in the camp, dates of deportations and mass executions, the number of victims, description of the methods of punishment and killing, documentation of the gas chambers operation in the camp and additional information.
[7] leaves, approx. 26.5 cm + a printed piece of paper (complementing the upper margin of one leaf). Good condition. Pinholes. Some creases and stains.
Enclosed: additional copy of one leaf of the report.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Der Bericht des Jüdischen Rettungskomitees aus Budapest 1942-1945, Vorgelegt von Dr. Rezsö Kasztner [The report of the Jewish Rescue Committee of Budapest 1942-1945, Submitted by Dr. Rezsö Kasztner] [Switzerland or Budapest?]: Vaadat Ezra Vö-Hazalah Bö-Budapest, [1946]. German. during World War II, submitted by Rezsö (Israel) Kastner to the first Zionist congress to take place after the Holocaust, convened in Basel in 1946
Report (mimeographed typescript) on the activity of the Jewish Aid and Rescue Committee in Budapest. Classified "Confidential" on the cover.
The report, compiled by Kastner shortly after World War II, contains an extensive description of the Holocaust in Hungary, a review of the activity of the Jewish Aid and Rescue Committee and a documentation of the efforts to organize the departure of the "Rescue Train" from Hungary to Switzerland. The report includes several copies of affidavits and letters of recommendation in favor of Kastner, describing his activity for the Jews of Hungary and the financial help he provided to Jews incarcerated in the Theresienstadt Ghetto.
This report was instrumental in Kastner's acquittal after his assassination in Tel-Aviv in March 1957, following a court decision in 1955 according to which "Kastner sold his soul to the devil" and collaborated with the Nazis. The report was translated to Hebrew and published in the early 1980s by the Society for the Commemoration of Israel Kastner.
[1], XIII, 1-15, 15a, 16-191, [6] leaves (printed on one side only), approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Some stains to margins. New, elegant binding, with the original front cover. The original back cover is missing.
Report (mimeographed typescript) on the activity of the Jewish Aid and Rescue Committee in Budapest. Classified "Confidential" on the cover.
The report, compiled by Kastner shortly after World War II, contains an extensive description of the Holocaust in Hungary, a review of the activity of the Jewish Aid and Rescue Committee and a documentation of the efforts to organize the departure of the "Rescue Train" from Hungary to Switzerland. The report includes several copies of affidavits and letters of recommendation in favor of Kastner, describing his activity for the Jews of Hungary and the financial help he provided to Jews incarcerated in the Theresienstadt Ghetto.
This report was instrumental in Kastner's acquittal after his assassination in Tel-Aviv in March 1957, following a court decision in 1955 according to which "Kastner sold his soul to the devil" and collaborated with the Nazis. The report was translated to Hebrew and published in the early 1980s by the Society for the Commemoration of Israel Kastner.
[1], XIII, 1-15, 15a, 16-191, [6] leaves (printed on one side only), approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Some stains to margins. New, elegant binding, with the original front cover. The original back cover is missing.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,000
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"Report by Prof. Gershom Scholem; an account of his mission to Europe (in the summer of 1946) concerning the treasures of the Jewish Diaspora". Mimeographed typescript. [Jerusalem?, 1946]. Hebrew, with appendices in German and English.
In early 1946, the Hebrew University quickly appointed a delegation, headed by Gershom Scholem, whose mission it was to examine the status of books and manuscripts in Europe (called the "Diaspora Treasures"), with the intention of salvaging and bringing them to Palestine. Scholem was sent to Germany and Eastern Europe, and after completing his mission, composed the present report.
The report discusses the books and collections sent to Schloss Niemes, the warehouses at Offenbach, Jewish collections in public libraries and those privately held, and other collections that survived the war. With six appendices, in German and English, containing letters and reports used by Scholem on his mission.
13, 10 leaves, 26.5 cm, stapled. Good condition. Pen notation to top of first page. Stains (mostly to first pages).
In early 1946, the Hebrew University quickly appointed a delegation, headed by Gershom Scholem, whose mission it was to examine the status of books and manuscripts in Europe (called the "Diaspora Treasures"), with the intention of salvaging and bringing them to Palestine. Scholem was sent to Germany and Eastern Europe, and after completing his mission, composed the present report.
The report discusses the books and collections sent to Schloss Niemes, the warehouses at Offenbach, Jewish collections in public libraries and those privately held, and other collections that survived the war. With six appendices, in German and English, containing letters and reports used by Scholem on his mission.
13, 10 leaves, 26.5 cm, stapled. Good condition. Pen notation to top of first page. Stains (mostly to first pages).
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![Te Vagy a Tanu! Ukrajnától Auschwitzig [You are the Witness! From Ukraine to Auschwitz], edited by Dezső Pór and Oszkár Zsa](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/227.jpg "\"You are the Witness!\" – An Account of the Holocaust of Hungarian Jewr")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Te Vagy a Tanu! Ukrajnától Auschwitzig [You are the Witness! From Ukraine to Auschwitz], edited by Dezső Pór and Oszkár Zsadány. [Budapest]: Kossuth, [1947]. Hungarian.
An account of the holocaust of Hungarian Jewry. The book contains much information about the deportation of Hungarian Jews to extermination camps as well as photographs from the camps (including photographs of Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald and Nordhausen). At the end of the book appears a long list of Hungarian Jews who perished in the holocaust.
The introduction to this book was written by Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon, Hungarian minister of Defense and Righteous among the Nations.
422, [2] pp + [12] plates. 24 cm. Original binding with printed title and date. Missing original dust jacket. Good condition. Some stains. Loose binding and endpapers. Tears and blemishes to binding.
An account of the holocaust of Hungarian Jewry. The book contains much information about the deportation of Hungarian Jews to extermination camps as well as photographs from the camps (including photographs of Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald and Nordhausen). At the end of the book appears a long list of Hungarian Jews who perished in the holocaust.
The introduction to this book was written by Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon, Hungarian minister of Defense and Righteous among the Nations.
422, [2] pp + [12] plates. 24 cm. Original binding with printed title and date. Missing original dust jacket. Good condition. Some stains. Loose binding and endpapers. Tears and blemishes to binding.
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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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Two documents and an advertisement leaflet from the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. Late 1940s.
1. Identity card issued by the Palestine Jewish Agency in Bergen-Belsen for Ida Lea Selenfreund, a nine-month old baby girl born in the camp. Issued on Novemeber 13, 1947.
Approx. 10.5X14.5 cm.
2. Membership card of the "Noar Chalutzi Meuchad" (United Pioneering Youth) movement in Bergen-Belsen, issued to Zvi Arieh Gantz. With the owner's personal details, his signature and an inked stamp of the organization's branch in Bergen-Belsen.
Approx. 12.5X11.5 cm (when open).
3. "Werkzeug für alle Fachen" [Work Tools for any Craft], advertisement for the sale of machines, tools and electric home equipment held at one of the houses of the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. "Poalei Zion – Bergen-Belsen Union" press.
Approx. 20.5X28.5 cm. Inked stamp on upper margin.Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains, blemishes and small tears (most of them restored).
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
1. Identity card issued by the Palestine Jewish Agency in Bergen-Belsen for Ida Lea Selenfreund, a nine-month old baby girl born in the camp. Issued on Novemeber 13, 1947.
Approx. 10.5X14.5 cm.
2. Membership card of the "Noar Chalutzi Meuchad" (United Pioneering Youth) movement in Bergen-Belsen, issued to Zvi Arieh Gantz. With the owner's personal details, his signature and an inked stamp of the organization's branch in Bergen-Belsen.
Approx. 12.5X11.5 cm (when open).
3. "Werkzeug für alle Fachen" [Work Tools for any Craft], advertisement for the sale of machines, tools and electric home equipment held at one of the houses of the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. "Poalei Zion – Bergen-Belsen Union" press.
Approx. 20.5X28.5 cm. Inked stamp on upper margin.Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains, blemishes and small tears (most of them restored).
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
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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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17 membership cards, most of them issued by Zionist movements and organizations, which had belonged to Jewish refugees in Europe after the Holocaust. Germany, Poland and Romania, 1946-1950. Hebrew, German, Yiddish and other languages.
1. Membership card of the "Noar Chalutzi Meuchad" (United Pioneering Youth) movement in Germany. Braunschweig, 1946.
2. Membership card of the "'Mizrachi' and 'Torah VeAvodah' Federation in Poland – The central Committee in Lodz", 1946.
3-4. Two membership cards of the "Mizrachi-Torah VeAvodah" movement, Germany 1947.
5. Membership card of "Brit HaOvdim" (Alliance of Workers), the organization of workers of the Revisionist Movement. Iași, Romania, 1947.
6-7. Two membership cards of the "Poalei Zion-Hitachdut" party. Poland and the Deggendorf DP camp in Germany, 1947.
8. Membership card of the "HaShomer HaTzair" party in Germany. Föhrenwald DP camp, 1947.
9-10. Two membership cards in the name of Nachum Lenkin, 1946/47: "Betar certificate", the Eggenfelden DP camp in Germany; membership card of the United Revisionists Zionists in Germany.
11. Membership card of the "United Revisionists Zionists in Germany – Central committee". 1948.
12. Membership card of "The Association of Democratic Zionists 'Ichud' in Poland", Lodz, 1948.
13. Membership card of the "Revisionists Zionists in Germany – Center". The Heidenheim DP camp, Germany, 1949.
14-17. Four cards in the name of Sami (Zami) Feder, an actor, director and founder of the Kazet, Concentration Camp Theater, at the Bergen-Belzen DP camp – three membership cards of the Societe Mutualiste de Bendzin & Zaglembia and a membership card of the Jewish community of Munich.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. Membership card of the "Noar Chalutzi Meuchad" (United Pioneering Youth) movement in Germany. Braunschweig, 1946.
2. Membership card of the "'Mizrachi' and 'Torah VeAvodah' Federation in Poland – The central Committee in Lodz", 1946.
3-4. Two membership cards of the "Mizrachi-Torah VeAvodah" movement, Germany 1947.
5. Membership card of "Brit HaOvdim" (Alliance of Workers), the organization of workers of the Revisionist Movement. Iași, Romania, 1947.
6-7. Two membership cards of the "Poalei Zion-Hitachdut" party. Poland and the Deggendorf DP camp in Germany, 1947.
8. Membership card of the "HaShomer HaTzair" party in Germany. Föhrenwald DP camp, 1947.
9-10. Two membership cards in the name of Nachum Lenkin, 1946/47: "Betar certificate", the Eggenfelden DP camp in Germany; membership card of the United Revisionists Zionists in Germany.
11. Membership card of the "United Revisionists Zionists in Germany – Central committee". 1948.
12. Membership card of "The Association of Democratic Zionists 'Ichud' in Poland", Lodz, 1948.
13. Membership card of the "Revisionists Zionists in Germany – Center". The Heidenheim DP camp, Germany, 1949.
14-17. Four cards in the name of Sami (Zami) Feder, an actor, director and founder of the Kazet, Concentration Camp Theater, at the Bergen-Belzen DP camp – three membership cards of the Societe Mutualiste de Bendzin & Zaglembia and a membership card of the Jewish community of Munich.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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About 85 certificates, confirmations and documents, many of them bearing their owner's pictures and inked stamps of aid organizations and authorities, which were issued for Holocaust survivors in DP camps and elsewhere. Wasseralfingen, Zeilsheim, Münchenberg, Fritzlar, Munich, Tel-Aviv, Haifa, and elsewhere, second half of the 1940s to early 1950s (several later or earlier items). German, Hebrew, English, French and other languages.
Including: · An identification certificate for a refugee from the city of Oradea (Transylvania, 1944). · Confirmation issued by The Central Committee of the Liberated Jews, indicating that its owner has family members living in Romania, with a request to assist him in locating them (Munich, 1945). · Confirmation issued by the Central Jewish Committee in Bergen-Belsen, indicating that its owner found his cousin in the city of Frankfurt (Bergen-Belzen, 1946). · Confirmation issued by the Jewish Committee of the city of Munich, indicating that its owner was a prisoner in Auschwitz (Munich, 1946). · Work permit issued by UNRRA to a resident of the Wasseralfingen DP camp (1946). · Handwritten certificate issued by the "Cultural Institution 'Beit Bialik'", to an art teacher at the Stuttgart DP camp (1947). · Two DP camps journalist certificates, issued by the Jewish journals "Undzer Weg" and "Dos Wort". · And more.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Including: · An identification certificate for a refugee from the city of Oradea (Transylvania, 1944). · Confirmation issued by The Central Committee of the Liberated Jews, indicating that its owner has family members living in Romania, with a request to assist him in locating them (Munich, 1945). · Confirmation issued by the Central Jewish Committee in Bergen-Belsen, indicating that its owner found his cousin in the city of Frankfurt (Bergen-Belzen, 1946). · Confirmation issued by the Jewish Committee of the city of Munich, indicating that its owner was a prisoner in Auschwitz (Munich, 1946). · Work permit issued by UNRRA to a resident of the Wasseralfingen DP camp (1946). · Handwritten certificate issued by the "Cultural Institution 'Beit Bialik'", to an art teacher at the Stuttgart DP camp (1947). · Two DP camps journalist certificates, issued by the Jewish journals "Undzer Weg" and "Dos Wort". · And more.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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An elaborate certificate of appreciation, illustrated by Lazar (Eliezer) Berson, awarded by the refugee aid committee "Comité Dubouchage" in Nice. Nice (Southern France), 1946. Hebrew and French.
A printed certificate, hand-colored. In the center, below the inscription "Teudat Toda veRav Hesed LeHaAdon" (Certificate of appreciation), appears a dedication in French, dated 15.11.1946, to Max Blasberg, for assistance granted to "His brethren [the Jews] under enemy occupation". The certificate is signed by hand by Yaakov Doubinski and Lazar (Eliezer) Berson, "on behalf of the Jewish committee of Dubouchage in Nice" [Comité Dubouchage in Nice].
A lion supporting a pole is seen to the right of the dedication; on top of the pole is a round flag with a Star of David and a Menorah. around the dedication appear Illustrations symbolizing the atrocities which the Jews went through and the anticipated consolation: a bird of prey with a swastika around its neck attacking a Jew with its claws, memorial candles on the background of a Tallith, the Western Wall, Bat Zion sailing to the shores of Palestine, and the synagogue on Dubouchage street in Nice, where the Jewish committee that awarded this certificate held its activities. All of the above are surrounded by a frame decorated with a vegetal pattern and chains, and on the bottom, in two medallions, the year – "1944".
"Comité Dubouchage" was a relief organization for Jewish refugees active in Nice, in the south of France, in the early 1940s. The organization was founded and headed by merchant and activist Yaakov Doubinski. Together with Jewish Italian banker Angelo Donati and others, Doubinski was active in providing documents and residences for thousands of Jews from the Nice area.
Lazare (Eliezer) Berson (1882-1954) – who illustrated this certificate, is signed as secretary of the "Comité Dubouchage". Berson was born in Kupiškis (near Kovno), and studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. He arrived in London in 1914, and later founded there the "Ben Uri" gallery in order to exhibit and nurture Jewish art. His own art was often inspird by Jewish folk motifs. He left England for France in 1916, and passed away in Nice.
Printed on cardboard, 60.5X49 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and stains. Slightly browned margins. Small peelings and tears at margins.
A printed certificate, hand-colored. In the center, below the inscription "Teudat Toda veRav Hesed LeHaAdon" (Certificate of appreciation), appears a dedication in French, dated 15.11.1946, to Max Blasberg, for assistance granted to "His brethren [the Jews] under enemy occupation". The certificate is signed by hand by Yaakov Doubinski and Lazar (Eliezer) Berson, "on behalf of the Jewish committee of Dubouchage in Nice" [Comité Dubouchage in Nice].
A lion supporting a pole is seen to the right of the dedication; on top of the pole is a round flag with a Star of David and a Menorah. around the dedication appear Illustrations symbolizing the atrocities which the Jews went through and the anticipated consolation: a bird of prey with a swastika around its neck attacking a Jew with its claws, memorial candles on the background of a Tallith, the Western Wall, Bat Zion sailing to the shores of Palestine, and the synagogue on Dubouchage street in Nice, where the Jewish committee that awarded this certificate held its activities. All of the above are surrounded by a frame decorated with a vegetal pattern and chains, and on the bottom, in two medallions, the year – "1944".
"Comité Dubouchage" was a relief organization for Jewish refugees active in Nice, in the south of France, in the early 1940s. The organization was founded and headed by merchant and activist Yaakov Doubinski. Together with Jewish Italian banker Angelo Donati and others, Doubinski was active in providing documents and residences for thousands of Jews from the Nice area.
Lazare (Eliezer) Berson (1882-1954) – who illustrated this certificate, is signed as secretary of the "Comité Dubouchage". Berson was born in Kupiškis (near Kovno), and studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. He arrived in London in 1914, and later founded there the "Ben Uri" gallery in order to exhibit and nurture Jewish art. His own art was often inspird by Jewish folk motifs. He left England for France in 1916, and passed away in Nice.
Printed on cardboard, 60.5X49 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and stains. Slightly browned margins. Small peelings and tears at margins.
Category
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: $2,000
Unsold
"Yizkor 1939-1945". Poster Illustrated by Pinchas Schuldenrein (signed in the plate). Zeilsheim (Germany): P. Schuldenrein, [ca. 1946].
Impressive color illustration: The digit "6,000,000" and two memorial candles soaking in blood, with images of the atrocities of the holocaust. The caption on bottom reads: "For He Who avenges blood remembers them" (Hebrew. Psalms 9:13).
On verso, an autograph inscription by Schuldenrein to Arthur Szyk: "One of my works about our suffering and destruction. Dedicated to the great Jewish master artist Arthur Szyk, a token of friendship…" (Yiddish). The inscription is signed and dated 11.2.48.
The artist Pinchas Shuldenrein was born in Poland and studied in the Warsaw Art Academy. After the holocaust, he opened a studio outside the Zeilsheim DP Camp with the assistance of the Joint, and there he created this poster. Shuldenrein taught art to children in DP camps and created works inspired by the holocaust. In 1947 he moved to the USA, settled in New York and a couple of years later changed his name to Paul Sharon. He worked in New York as a graphic designer untill his death in 1998.
Approx. 37.5X51.5 cm. Thick paper. Good condition. Creases and tears to margins (not affecting the illustration). Several minor stains.
Impressive color illustration: The digit "6,000,000" and two memorial candles soaking in blood, with images of the atrocities of the holocaust. The caption on bottom reads: "For He Who avenges blood remembers them" (Hebrew. Psalms 9:13).
On verso, an autograph inscription by Schuldenrein to Arthur Szyk: "One of my works about our suffering and destruction. Dedicated to the great Jewish master artist Arthur Szyk, a token of friendship…" (Yiddish). The inscription is signed and dated 11.2.48.
The artist Pinchas Shuldenrein was born in Poland and studied in the Warsaw Art Academy. After the holocaust, he opened a studio outside the Zeilsheim DP Camp with the assistance of the Joint, and there he created this poster. Shuldenrein taught art to children in DP camps and created works inspired by the holocaust. In 1947 he moved to the USA, settled in New York and a couple of years later changed his name to Paul Sharon. He worked in New York as a graphic designer untill his death in 1998.
Approx. 37.5X51.5 cm. Thick paper. Good condition. Creases and tears to margins (not affecting the illustration). Several minor stains.
Category
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Catalogue