Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Collection of Documents - She'erit Hapletha - Wasseralfingen Displaced Persons Camp
Opening: $200
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Thirteen documents, printed and filled-in by hand, which belonged to the couple Avraham and Genia Weinstein from Wasseralfingen Displaced Persons Camp. Wasseralfingen and Munich, late 1940s. German, English, Luxembourgish and Hebrew.
The documents indicate that the couple met and got married in the Displaced Persons Camp where Genia served as a doctor. Among the items:
• Labour Card, issued by UNRRA for Genia (maiden name: Seigermacher), on 25.12.1946.
• Ketubah recording the marriage of Avraham Weinstein and Genia which was held in the Wasseralfingen Camp on "the thirtieth day of the month of Sivan…" (18.6.1947).
• Two Health Card issued by the health department of the Joint (ADJC- CC-OSE Medical Department) for Genia and Avraham Weinstein on 7.12.1948. Includes photographs and personal details.
• Certificate on behalf of the Jewish Committee Wasseralfingen Kreis Aalen in the name of Genia Seigermacher, for her work as a doctor in the camp. Issued on 11.4.1949.
• Two Certificates of Registration on behalf of Mifkad Haolim of the Jewish Agency, for Avraham and Genia Weinstein. Includes photographs and personal details. Issued on 22.6.1948.
• More items.
Different ink-stamps on the items. On the reverse of most items appears a pen inscription (Hebrew) indicating, apparently, legal use of these documents at a later time (ca. 1955).
Size and condition vary. Fair-good overall condition. Folding marks, stains, creases, filing holes and tears (most tears are small, at margins). One item has a tear repaired with adhesive tape at folding line. One item is pasted on cloth.
The documents indicate that the couple met and got married in the Displaced Persons Camp where Genia served as a doctor. Among the items:
• Labour Card, issued by UNRRA for Genia (maiden name: Seigermacher), on 25.12.1946.
• Ketubah recording the marriage of Avraham Weinstein and Genia which was held in the Wasseralfingen Camp on "the thirtieth day of the month of Sivan…" (18.6.1947).
• Two Health Card issued by the health department of the Joint (ADJC- CC-OSE Medical Department) for Genia and Avraham Weinstein on 7.12.1948. Includes photographs and personal details.
• Certificate on behalf of the Jewish Committee Wasseralfingen Kreis Aalen in the name of Genia Seigermacher, for her work as a doctor in the camp. Issued on 11.4.1949.
• Two Certificates of Registration on behalf of Mifkad Haolim of the Jewish Agency, for Avraham and Genia Weinstein. Includes photographs and personal details. Issued on 22.6.1948.
• More items.
Different ink-stamps on the items. On the reverse of most items appears a pen inscription (Hebrew) indicating, apparently, legal use of these documents at a later time (ca. 1955).
Size and condition vary. Fair-good overall condition. Folding marks, stains, creases, filing holes and tears (most tears are small, at margins). One item has a tear repaired with adhesive tape at folding line. One item is pasted on cloth.
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah