Collection of letters and documents, regarding Holocaust refugees and the Jewish community in Shanghai. Shanghai, mostly 1945-1946. Hebrew, Yiddish, English, German and Russian.
The letters include:
• Letter from the Vaad HaKashrut of Shanghai, with a request for shechitah knives. Signed by R. Efraim Mordechai Ginsburg (eldest son-in-law of R. Yechezkel Levenstein) - on behalf of the kollelim; R. Aryeh Leib Malin - on behalf of the Mir yeshiva; R. Gershon Chanowitz - on behalf of the Lubavitch yeshiva; R. Ben Tzion Kalman Gleizel Rabbi of Tuchyn - on behalf of the rabbis; R. Mordechai Yehuda Lubart - on behalf the Lublin yeshiva.
• Two letters from R. Meir Ashkenazi, rabbi of Shanghai.
• Two letters from Emil Wiehl to Mrs. Hendler of Canada. Description of the state of the refugees in Shanghai, and report of his activities on behalf of Mrs. Hendler. English.
• Other letters, both private and communal.
13 letters, and other paper items (envelopes, lists, photograph). Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.

Book of Vayikra, with Rashi, Targum Onkelos, Haftarot and Five Megillot. Föhrenwald, [ca. 1946]. Printed by She'erit Hapletah, under Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam of Klausenburg.
[1], 56-91 leaves. 27.5 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal open tears to title page and several other leaves. Stamps. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Rare. To the best of our knowledge has never before been offered at auction.

Chevra Kadisha Pinkas of the Ujhel community, during the Holocaust - prior to the destruction of the community, with the names of those who perished in the Holocaust added after the war. Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary), [ca. 1942-1946].
The Pinkas records begin in 1942 (in the middle of WWII, before the Germans conquered Hungary). Written from left to right. A typewritten page is pasted on the first page (in Hungarian), by one of the Chevra Kadisha members (with his signature and the stamp of the Chevra), stating the regulation requiring the presence of 12 representatives of the Chevra at each burial, and the scrupulent observance of this regulation. Each of the next twenty pages contains a list of the 12 members selected to participate in each burial, with their signatures (the records and signatures are in Hungarian). The records begin in June 1942 and end in December 1942, with a final record from January 1943.
The remaining blank leaves (pp. 26-47) were put to use at a later date, presumably after the war, and contain lists of deceased, in Hebrew. Some of the deceased perished in the Holocaust in Hungary. Some names are listed as having perished "in sanctification of G-d's name" (it is unclear how many of those listed perished in the Holocaust and how many died before. One of the pages lists the name of R. Yoel Felner who served as rabbi of Ujhel and passed away in 1925. Conversely, some of those who perished in the Holocaust are not listed as such). The names include: R. Moshe Aharon Fried (dayan and posek in Tiszalök; son of R. Chaim Yaakov Fried Rabbi of Tiszalök) and his son R. Chaim Alter Fried (perished in Auschwitz with their families).
The Ujhel Chevra Kadisha was officially established in 1772. The rabbi of the town in those days, R. Naftali Tzvi Mochiach, was one of the founders of the Chevra, and in his memory the annual dinner, where the heads of the Chevra were appointed, was held on the anniversary of his passing - 14th Sivan, rather than on 7th Adar as accepted in most communities (see: Yisrael Goldberg, Hityasdut HaChevra Kadisha BeUjhel VeTakanoteha HaRishonot, HaTzofeh M'Eretz Hagar, year I, 1911, pp. 121-135).
[1], 70 pages (34 written pages). Approx. 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and open tears, repaired in part with paper. New leather binding, with front board of original binding.

Marriage register of the Jews of Mishkoltz (Miskolc, Hungary) and the surroundings. [Mishkoltz?], 1851-1881. German, Hungarian and some Hebrew.
Large notebook, printed (in German) and filled-in by hand (Hungarian and some Hebrew). The notebook contains records of over 1000 weddings celebrated in Miskolc and the surroundings.
One of the entries in the register documents the wedding (second marriage) of R. Mordechai Amram Hirsch (later rabbi of Hamburg), to Mrs. Mirel daughter of R. Yechezkel Moshe Fishman Rabbi of Miskolc. Also recorded are weddings of other daughters of R. Fishman, and weddings of other rabbis.
Signature (in Hungarian) of R. Shmuel Austerlitz Rabbi of Mishkoltz, dated 1939, on a (typewritten) leaf bound in spread 23.
R. Mordechai Amram Hirsch (1833-1909), leading rabbi of his time and prominent leader of Hungarian, Moravian and German Jewry; supporter of the Status Quo communities.
100 leaves, [1] page. 39.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains (including dark stains), creases and wear. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper and tape. Minor open tears to spreads 28-30, slightly affecting text. New leather binding (with old front wrapper).

Birth register of the Jews of Onod and the surroundings. Onod, 1886-1913. Hungarian and some Hebrew.
Large notebook, printed and filled-in by hand. The register contains records of over 700 births and circumcisions from Onod and the surroundings (the Miskolc and Mezőcsát districts in Borsod county, Hungary).
At the foot of spread 53, signature (in Hungarian) of R. Meir Schick Rabbi of Onod (who performed many of the circumcisions), dated 1895, alongside the ink stamp of the Onod rabbinate. Wax stamp of the district registrar of Onod inside front wrapper.
99 leaves. 45 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains and inkstains. Significant dampstains (with ink fading) to one leaf. Minor creases and wear (primarily marginal). Marginal open tear to front wrapper. New binding.