Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
Babylonian Talmud – Munich, 1948 – First Post-Holocaust Printing of the Talmud for War Survivors
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Babylonian Talmud – complete set. Munich-Heidelberg, 1948. "Published by the Union of Rabbis in the American Occupation Zone in Germany".
After WWII, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. This is the first complete Talmud edition printed after the Holocaust.
Two title pages in each volume. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany – at the top is an illustration of a Jewish town; and at the bottom is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp.
19 volumes. Approx. 39 cm. Several volumes printed on dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor tears to margins and in several other places. Creases to some title pages. Stamps. New (uniform) leather bindings.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
After WWII, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. This is the first complete Talmud edition printed after the Holocaust.
Two title pages in each volume. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany – at the top is an illustration of a Jewish town; and at the bottom is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp.
19 volumes. Approx. 39 cm. Several volumes printed on dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor tears to margins and in several other places. Creases to some title pages. Stamps. New (uniform) leather bindings.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
The Holocaust and Sheerit Hapletah
The Holocaust and Sheerit Hapletah