Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Collection of Antisemitic Postcards – Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Forty-three postcards with antisemitic caricatures and illustrations. Various publishers. Germany, Austria, France, England and elsewhere, [late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century].
Antisemitic and humorous postcards mocking Jews. Including: · 20 undivided postcards, including three postcards published by A. Baasch (Paluen, Germany). One of them was sent by mail in 1899. · Six postcards published by Bund der Germanen with illustrations by V.A. Seidel. Vienna, [1919-1920]. Five of them, of the Wiener Judenpresse [Viennese Jewish Press] series, depict stereotypical Jewish figures on the front pages of Viennese newspapers. · "Gruss aus" postcards. Two of them from the island of Borkum with the antisemitic Borkum Song (Borkum-Lied) and an illustration depicting a celebration taking place at a hall while a Jewish family is denied entrance. · And more.
Several duplicate copies.
9X14 cm on average. Good-fair overall condition. Twelve of the postcards were used (pencil and pen writing, postmarks and postage stamps). Stains, creases and small tears to margins of several postcards.
Antisemitic and humorous postcards mocking Jews. Including: · 20 undivided postcards, including three postcards published by A. Baasch (Paluen, Germany). One of them was sent by mail in 1899. · Six postcards published by Bund der Germanen with illustrations by V.A. Seidel. Vienna, [1919-1920]. Five of them, of the Wiener Judenpresse [Viennese Jewish Press] series, depict stereotypical Jewish figures on the front pages of Viennese newspapers. · "Gruss aus" postcards. Two of them from the island of Borkum with the antisemitic Borkum Song (Borkum-Lied) and an illustration depicting a celebration taking place at a hall while a Jewish family is denied entrance. · And more.
Several duplicate copies.
9X14 cm on average. Good-fair overall condition. Twelve of the postcards were used (pencil and pen writing, postmarks and postage stamps). Stains, creases and small tears to margins of several postcards.
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah