Auction 21 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Collection of Photographs - Jewish Refugees in Vienna, 1946-1948

Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
36 photographs of Jewish holocaust survivors in a transit-camp in Vienna, [1946-1948].
Photographs taken by Wolf Schֳ₪rf (ink-stamped by the photographer). Documenting the daily life of Jewish refugees in the temporary transit-camp in Vienna: queue for food distribution, children's school, Passover, etc. The photographs were taken out of an album. In the album are handwritten annotations that prove, beyond doubt, that the photographed are Jewish refugees in a transit-camp (attached are seven of the album's leaves). Several photographs are annotated in handwriting on the reverse (a later annotation, in pencil). 8.5X13.5 cm. Good condition.
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita