Online Auction 010 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Postcard with Photograph of Children in "Agudat Israel" Orphanage in Baden, Austria

Opening: $100
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
"Pogromwaisen" / Pogrom's Orphans, a postcard with a group photograph of children in "Agudat Israel Orphanage in Baden (near Vienna)". Printed in Vienna, [ca. 1922].
Ink-stamp to reverse: "Help Austria's Children A.R.A. European Children's Fund… N.Y". Additional ink stamp in German.
The Jewish orphanage of "Agudat Israel" in Baden was inaugurated in 1921 and housed mainly orphans from Galicia and Ukraine who lost their parents during World War I and the pogroms.
Good condition. Stains and some creases. The postcard was mailed in 1922.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Postcards, Photography and Graphics
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