Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Collection of Documents – Brigade Soldier

Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Collection of documents and photographs of Yehuda Avissar, a soldier in the 1st camouflage unit and later in the electricity and mechanics Company of the Jewish Brigade. [Italy, 1940s].
Collection includes:
1. Album with 138 photos + 33 detached photos. Mostly group-photos of the Jewish Brigade Soldiers, annotated and dated on the reverse. Italy, 1944-1945.
2. About 65 sketches and feuilletons, handwritten and typewritten, reflecting life of the Jewish Brigade in a humorous manner.
3. About 30 personal letters to and from Avissar.
Lot of ca. 266 items. Various sizes and conditions.
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita