Fahrplan zwischen Borkum und Jerusalem […] Retourkarten werden nicht ausgegeben [Timetable between Borkum and Jerusalem […] Return tickets are not issued"], antisemitic poster. [Printer not indicated, late 19th century or early 20th century]. German.
An antisemitic poster that was displayed in hotels and bath-houses in the island of Borkum (Germany), referring to a fictitious rail line from the island to Jerusalem: "The Borkum-Jerusalem line timetable […] it is hereby announced to the venerable Christian public that Jewish passengers will be inspected at the border and that the Jews who evaporate to Jerusalem will be allowed to carry with them six marks only. Return tickets are not issued".
As early as the late 19th century, the island of Borkum in the Northern Ocean gained a notorious reputation for its antisemitism. A travel guide from 1897 announced that the island is "free of Jews" (Judenrein) and a travel guide from 1910 warned the Jews of "cruel harassments". Many hotels and public bath-houses in Burkum displayed signs reading "Jews and dogs may not enter" and the island's orchestra performed daily an antisemitic song titled "Borkum Song" (Borkum-Lied), with a finale calling the "flat-footed, with hooked nose and curly hair" to get out.
The text of this poster was published in issue no. 44 (ninth year) of the Association for Defense against Antisemitism (Mitteilungen aus dem Verein zur Abwehr des Antisemitismus) periodical (Berlin, November 1899).
63X47 cm. Thin paper. Good condition. Fold lines. Creases. Tears to edges and fold lines. Minute holes and small open tears.

Der Giftpilz, ein Stürmerbuch für Jung u. Alt [The poisonous Mushroom, a Book for Children and Adults], by Ernst Hiemer. Nuremberg: Der Stürmer, 1938. German.
"The Poisonous Mushroom", one of the three antisemitic children's book published by the Nazi weekly Der Stürmer. The book, written by Ernst Hiemer, a writer and journalist in Der Stürmer, portrays Jews as poisonous mushrooms. One chapter contains numerous false quotations from the Talmud, claiming the Talmudic law permits Jews to cheat non-Jews and to enslave them. The book is accompanied by colorful illustrations by the Der Stürmer caricaturist Philipp Rupprecht who published his works under the pseudonym "Fips".
32 leaves, approx. 26.5 cm. Good condition. Ownership inscription to front endpaper. Original boards (pictorial paper cover, with canvas spine and edges). Scuffs and minor blemishes to boards.
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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.