Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Collection of Photographs – Jewish Refugees in Vienna, 1946-1948
Opening: $2,500
Unsold
43 photos of Jewish holocaust survivors in a transit-camp in the city of Vienna, [1946-1948].
Photos by the photographer Wolf Schärf (all are ink-stamped by the photographer). Documenting the daily life of Jewish refugees in a temporary transit-camp in the city of Vienna: queue for food distribution, children's school, Passover, etc. The photos were taken out of a photo-album where handwritten annotation prove beyond doubt that the photographed are Jewish refugees in a transit-camp (attached is a photocopy of one of the album's leaves). Some of the photos are annotated by hand on the reverse (later annotation, in pencil). 8.5X13.5 cm. Good condition.
Photos by the photographer Wolf Schärf (all are ink-stamped by the photographer). Documenting the daily life of Jewish refugees in a temporary transit-camp in the city of Vienna: queue for food distribution, children's school, Passover, etc. The photos were taken out of a photo-album where handwritten annotation prove beyond doubt that the photographed are Jewish refugees in a transit-camp (attached is a photocopy of one of the album's leaves). Some of the photos are annotated by hand on the reverse (later annotation, in pencil). 8.5X13.5 cm. Good condition.
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita