Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Collection of Items – "HaNoteah" Society

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Collection of items related to "HaNoteah [The Planter] Society, a society for Settlement and Orchard Management", founded in 1924 by the "Bnei Binyamin" Organization (for agricultural development), in order to buy land and establish new farming communities. Among its other operations, as of 1933 HaNoteah managed the transfer of Jewish capital from Nazi Germany to Palestine as part of the "Transfer Agreements".
The collection includes:
* Handwritten notebook, "List of decisions from meetings of the board of directors of HaNoteah Ltd., Tel Aviv", with 61 protocols of the meetings of the board of directors, from September 30, 1931 to February 5, 1934. * Printed notebook with lists of names of people with whom land contracts were signed, in various places throughout the country, in the years 1934-1939. [6] leaves. * Handwritten notebook with lists of names of members of "HaNoteah" and "Pituach" - apparently, "Chevrat Pituach Chof Netanya" [Netanya Shoreline Development Company], a subsidiary of "HaNoteah", which operated similarly to the manner of operation of its parent-company. * 40 checks made out to the account of "HaNoteah Ltd." And "Acre-Haifa Bay (1934)", from the years 1937-1938, most with stamps of "HaNoteah" Company. * Three checks of the "Bnei Binyamin Cooperative Bank", signed by Baruch Ram (one of the founders of "HaNoteah"), 1933. * Handwritten notebook with lists of names of workers and the salary they are to receive.
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Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah in Europe and Cyprus
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah in Europe and Cyprus