Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Certificate Issued by the JNF, Designed by Yosef David Sheinson – Planting Trees in Memory of Holocaust Victims

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Certificate issued by JNF – for planting two trees in the "Martyrs Forest", in memory of holocaust victims. Issued by the JNF Central Council in Germany. [Ca. 1951]. Design: Y.D. Sheinson.
The certificate was granted to Mr. Yitzchak Eichler for planting two trees in memory of his relatives who perished in the Holocaust. Hand-signed on its margins and stamped with a stamp of "JNF Central Council in Germany".
Color illustrations of Jews in concentration and extermination camps alongside illustrations of Israel. At the corners – Stars of David with the Hebrew caption "JNF". A "Yizkor passage appears on top. The certificate was designed by Yossef David Sheinson (signed in the plate)
Certificate: approx. 27.5X39.5 cm. In a 31.5X43.5 cm frame. Good overall condition. Horizontal fold line. Unexamined out of frame.
Zionism, World Zionist Congress, Herzl, JNF
Zionism, World Zionist Congress, Herzl, JNF