Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Catalogue of Books for Jewish Prisoners in Germany – World War I – Berlin, 1917

Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,375
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List of books issued by the center for supply of books for Jewish prisoners in Germany. [Berlin]: Zentralstelle für den Bücherbedarf der jüdischen Gefangenen in Deutschland [Center for supply of books for Jewish prisoners in Germany], 1917. Hebrew, Yiddish and German.
A tri-lingual booklet, in Hebrew, Yiddish and German, with a list of books for Jewish prisoners in camps in Germany during World War I. Among the books: religion and Mussar books, history and biography books, study books, newspapers and literary anthologies, and belles-lettres.
"The center for supply of books for Jewish prisoners in Germany" was engaged in supplying various books to individual prisoners as well as to entire libraries founded in prisoners' camps in Germany. In addition, the organization supplied sheet-music and phonograph records with Jewish songs.
16 pp, 21 cm. Good condition. Stains (numerous stains on cover). A number of leaves are uncut. Ink-stamp, slight rubbing and handwritten inscription on back cover.
Not in NLI or OCLC.
World War I
World War I