Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Collection of Documents and Group Photographs – The Zionists of Rivne, 1920s

Opening: $100
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
6 photographs and 16 certificates, reflecting the Jewish and Zionist life in Rivne, Volhynia region, Ukraine, 1917 to 1930s (most of the items are from the 1920s).
The collection contains: * Six group photographs, including photographs of the editorial staff of the "Voliner-Lebn"; the first conference of "Tze'irei Zion" in Volhynia, Rivne; a gathering of "HeChalutz", Volhynia; members of the Zionist committee of Rivne (1917); the first group of pioneers from Ukraine (1919); * A dozen certificates and forms issued by a Hebrew Gymnasium in Rivne". * Transcript of a Polish passport in the name of Shimshon Perlmutter, born in Rivne in 1880. * Two "Medicinal Certificates" issued by the central Palestinian office in Warsaw, in the name of Rivka and Shimshon Perlmutter (1935). * Additional items.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Some of the plates on which the photographs are mounted are damaged (tears, abrasions, stains).
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