Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Books Printed in Shanghai

Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
A collection of books printed in Shanghai by Holocaust refugees from Poland that escaped to Japan through Lithuania and Russia in the trans-Siberian train. The Japanese government deported them to Shanghai, China.
1. Pri Ha'aretz, by Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, Published by "Mefitzei Or" publishing committee, Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, Shanghai, 1946.
2. Kol Simcha, by Rebbe Simcha Bunim of Peshischa. Published by "Mefitzei Or" publishing committee, Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, Shanghai, 1946.
3-8. Der Torah Kvall (Springs of Torah), Rabbi Alexander Zusha Friedman. 6 parts: Genesis-Deuteronomy, Passover. Published by Agudat Yisrael of Polish exiles, Shanghai, 1946
Stereotype edition of the Warsaw printing (with the approbation of Rabbi Menachem Zemba [!], with the addition of a page of commemoration on the author that was killed, "by the wild Hitlerites, during the terrible massacre of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943"). Bibliographically unknown edition.
Four volumes, c. 22.5 cm. Fair-poor condition, many moth damages. New fabric covers.
Books printed in the East and the Far East
Books printed in the East and the Far East