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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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La Vieille-France [Old France], edited by Urbain Gohier. Paris, 1921-1923. French.
15 issues of the anti-Semitic journal "Old France" (issues 251, 252, 257, 267, 281, 298, 299, 304, 305, 306, 327, 332, 338, 339, 342).
The issues contain many anti-Semitic articles, dealing, among other subjects, with the Jews of France, the "Jewish Conspiracy", the Rothschild Family, Dreyfus and more.
The editor, Urbain Gohier (1862-1951), was a French lawyer and journalist, known for translating into French and publishing in France the anti-Semitic text of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Enclosed: an additional copy of issue 251.
20.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Small tears.
Not in NLI.
15 issues of the anti-Semitic journal "Old France" (issues 251, 252, 257, 267, 281, 298, 299, 304, 305, 306, 327, 332, 338, 339, 342).
The issues contain many anti-Semitic articles, dealing, among other subjects, with the Jews of France, the "Jewish Conspiracy", the Rothschild Family, Dreyfus and more.
The editor, Urbain Gohier (1862-1951), was a French lawyer and journalist, known for translating into French and publishing in France the anti-Semitic text of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Enclosed: an additional copy of issue 251.
20.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Small tears.
Not in NLI.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Vive Drumont, A Bas les Juifs [Long Live Drumont, Away with the Jews]. Printed paper label. [France, late 19th century or early 20th century].
A paper label with Eduard Drumont's portrait, reading "Vive Drumont, A Bas les Juifs". Presumably distributed as a lapel badge.
Édouard Drumont (1844-1917) was famous in France as an anti-Semitic propagandist. Drumont founded the Antisemitic League for France, published the La Libre Parole newspaper whose motto was "France for the French", composed booklets and published numerous anti-Jewish books. His anti-Semitic book "Jewish France", in which he called for the expulsion of Jews from French society, was his first best seller and contributed to his fame.
5X5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. A pinhole.
A paper label with Eduard Drumont's portrait, reading "Vive Drumont, A Bas les Juifs". Presumably distributed as a lapel badge.
Édouard Drumont (1844-1917) was famous in France as an anti-Semitic propagandist. Drumont founded the Antisemitic League for France, published the La Libre Parole newspaper whose motto was "France for the French", composed booklets and published numerous anti-Jewish books. His anti-Semitic book "Jewish France", in which he called for the expulsion of Jews from French society, was his first best seller and contributed to his fame.
5X5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. A pinhole.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Twenty-eight postcards with stickers bearing anti-Semitic quotes from prominent German personalities and thinkers. Various European (mostly Austrian) publishers and printing houses, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th. German.
A collection of postcards with illustrations and pictures of urban and rural landscapes, portraits, buildings, cathedrals, and monuments. On the verso of the postcards are stickers bearing anti-Semitic quotes from prominent German thinkers, authors, and political leaders such as Martin Luther, Otto von Bismarck, Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Göthe, and others. Most of the postcards were sent either to or from Vienna, and they bear the postage stamps of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Court (with the majority featuring the portrait of Emperor Francis Joseph I (Franz Josef Karl I).
On the verso of one of the postcards (mailed December 1912) is a sticker with the emblem of the Deutscher Turnerbund (German Sports Federation), namely four "F's" arranged in the form of a swastika.
Twelve of the postcards have undivided backs. All the postcards were posted in the mail.
28 postcards: approx. 13.5X14.5 cm. Condition varies. All were posted in the mail and bear notations on front and back.
A collection of postcards with illustrations and pictures of urban and rural landscapes, portraits, buildings, cathedrals, and monuments. On the verso of the postcards are stickers bearing anti-Semitic quotes from prominent German thinkers, authors, and political leaders such as Martin Luther, Otto von Bismarck, Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Göthe, and others. Most of the postcards were sent either to or from Vienna, and they bear the postage stamps of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Court (with the majority featuring the portrait of Emperor Francis Joseph I (Franz Josef Karl I).
On the verso of one of the postcards (mailed December 1912) is a sticker with the emblem of the Deutscher Turnerbund (German Sports Federation), namely four "F's" arranged in the form of a swastika.
Twelve of the postcards have undivided backs. All the postcards were posted in the mail.
28 postcards: approx. 13.5X14.5 cm. Condition varies. All were posted in the mail and bear notations on front and back.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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44 small printed paper labels and 45 propaganda notes with anti-Semitic illustrations and messages. Germany, [ca. 1920s-1940s]. German.
Propaganda notes and labels bearing anti-Semitic, racist and nationalistic messages, some also with vitriolically anti-Semitic imagery. The labels, with glue on the back, were meant to serve as stickers; some are designed to look like postage stamps.
The propaganda notes were all issued by the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
Several duplicate items.
Sizes vary. Good overall condition.
Propaganda notes and labels bearing anti-Semitic, racist and nationalistic messages, some also with vitriolically anti-Semitic imagery. The labels, with glue on the back, were meant to serve as stickers; some are designed to look like postage stamps.
The propaganda notes were all issued by the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
Several duplicate items.
Sizes vary. Good overall condition.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Two passports of Jewish refugees who escaped from Europe on the eve of the Holocaust, containing a documentation of their journey to Palestine in January 1940:
● German alien passport (Deutsches Reich Fremdenpass), issued to Pepi "Sarah" Neumann in Burg bei Magdeburg, 1935. German and French.
With Pepi Neumann's photograph and personal details, followed by stamps documenting her route to Palestine: exit visa from Germany, issued in Burg on 28.11.1939; transit visa issued by the Italian Consulate in Berlin, dated 22.12.1939, with exit stamp from Germany and entry stamp to Italy via the Brenner Pass, dated 27.12.1939; visa to Palestine, issued by the British consulate in Rome and exist stamp from the port of Trieste dated 28.12.1939; stamp of the mandatory immigration department in Palestine, in Haifa, dated 2.1.1940; and additional stamps.
German alien passports (Fremdenpass) were first issued in Germany after World War I to refugees who fled the Soviet occupied territories to the west. When the Nazis rose to power, they were used, almost exclusively, for domestic travel, and only a few succeeded in leaving German borders using these passports.
Approx. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Worn cover.
● French identity card and travel document (France titre d'identité et de voyage) issued to Rudolf Boehmer in Paris, December 1939.
With visas and stamps documenting Boehmer's exit from France via the port of Marseilles, his route via Beirut and his entry into Palestine via the border town of Naqoura on 1.1.1940.
15 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor wear.
● German alien passport (Deutsches Reich Fremdenpass), issued to Pepi "Sarah" Neumann in Burg bei Magdeburg, 1935. German and French.
With Pepi Neumann's photograph and personal details, followed by stamps documenting her route to Palestine: exit visa from Germany, issued in Burg on 28.11.1939; transit visa issued by the Italian Consulate in Berlin, dated 22.12.1939, with exit stamp from Germany and entry stamp to Italy via the Brenner Pass, dated 27.12.1939; visa to Palestine, issued by the British consulate in Rome and exist stamp from the port of Trieste dated 28.12.1939; stamp of the mandatory immigration department in Palestine, in Haifa, dated 2.1.1940; and additional stamps.
German alien passports (Fremdenpass) were first issued in Germany after World War I to refugees who fled the Soviet occupied territories to the west. When the Nazis rose to power, they were used, almost exclusively, for domestic travel, and only a few succeeded in leaving German borders using these passports.
Approx. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Worn cover.
● French identity card and travel document (France titre d'identité et de voyage) issued to Rudolf Boehmer in Paris, December 1939.
With visas and stamps documenting Boehmer's exit from France via the port of Marseilles, his route via Beirut and his entry into Palestine via the border town of Naqoura on 1.1.1940.
15 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor wear.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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German passport (Deutsches Reich Reisepass), issued to Alfred Schloss, a Jewish resident of Frankfurt am Mein, with the letter "J" stamped on the first page. Issued in Frankfurt in September 1938. German.
The passport bears stamps and signatures indicating the efforts of its owner to leave Germany to Chile via France during the last months of 1938: Stamps of approval by the Frankfurt police (September 1938) and by a bank in Frankfurt (November 1938); stamps of the French consulate (travel permit to France) from November-December 1938; stamps of the Chilean consulate in Hamburg (the Consul: Cesareo Alvarez de la Rivera) from September 30, 1938; and a pass stamp to Chile (undecipherable date).
16.5 cm. Good overall condition. Small tears and creases to cover.
For additional information about the Jewish refugees in Chile, see: Escaping Hitler: A Jewish Haven in Chile, by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman (University of Alabama Press, 2013).
The passport bears stamps and signatures indicating the efforts of its owner to leave Germany to Chile via France during the last months of 1938: Stamps of approval by the Frankfurt police (September 1938) and by a bank in Frankfurt (November 1938); stamps of the French consulate (travel permit to France) from November-December 1938; stamps of the Chilean consulate in Hamburg (the Consul: Cesareo Alvarez de la Rivera) from September 30, 1938; and a pass stamp to Chile (undecipherable date).
16.5 cm. Good overall condition. Small tears and creases to cover.
For additional information about the Jewish refugees in Chile, see: Escaping Hitler: A Jewish Haven in Chile, by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman (University of Alabama Press, 2013).
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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"Verordnungsblatt für das Generalgouvernement" [Page of Regulations (or decrees) for the Territories of the Generalgouvernement], Issue No. 35. Published by the "Amt für Gesetzgebung in der Regierung des Generalgouvernements" [Office for Legislation in the General Governing Authority], Krakow, April 28, 1941. German and Polish.
A set of edicts issued by the Generalgouvernement (the general governing authority ruling over the occupied territories of Poland) dealing with the responsibilities of officeholders in the Warsaw Ghetto, recognition of the Catholic and Methodist Churches, and other matters.
The first edict in the present paper is signed (in print) by the governor-general of the Generalgouvernement (Hans Michael Frank) and includes a number of paragraphs pertaining to officeholders in the Warsaw Ghetto, specifically the designation of the responsibilities of the Governor of the Warsaw District, Dr. Ludwig Fischer, and of the Commissioner of the Warsaw Ghetto, Heinz Auerswald; the responsibilities and sources of funding for the "Transferstelle" (Transfer Authority) – the authority responsible for the financial relations between the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto and the other parts of the city; the subordination of the chairman of the Judenrat to the District Governor and Ghetto Commissioner; and the chairman's responsibility for the Judenrat's budget.
[4] ff. (pp. 211-17), 19.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Minor stains to edges. Several minor tears. Markings in pencil.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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1. Printed envelope of the Bank Ludowy w Terespolu n/B. ["Bank of the People," Terespol], Poland. The subtitle reads "Członek Związku Żydowskich towarzystw spółdz w polsce" – "Member of the Association of Jewish Companies in Poland." Mailed in October 1938.
2. Letter with postage stamps and postmarks, from Attorney Dr. Salomon Goldberg of the city of Tarnów. Marked with the inked stamps of the Tarnów court. 1939. Polish.
3. Stationery envelope with typewritten destination address, from the Kriegsgefangenen-Arbeitskommando prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag B XII, Frankenthal. Mailed to Bingen. Date smudged.
4. Postcard mailed from the city of Tarnów to the ghetto of Nowym Sączu (Nowy Sącz; Sanz), marked with inked stamps of the city's courthouse. One of the inked stamps states "Judenrat". September 1941. Polish.
5-6. Two postcards mailed to the 201 Camp Reithoffer DP camp in Upper Austria, in the vicinity of the city of Steyr. One postcard, written in Polish, was mailed from Łódź in January 1947. The second postcard, written in Yiddish, was mailed from the Eggenfelden DP camp, Germany in March 1947.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
2. Letter with postage stamps and postmarks, from Attorney Dr. Salomon Goldberg of the city of Tarnów. Marked with the inked stamps of the Tarnów court. 1939. Polish.
3. Stationery envelope with typewritten destination address, from the Kriegsgefangenen-Arbeitskommando prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag B XII, Frankenthal. Mailed to Bingen. Date smudged.
4. Postcard mailed from the city of Tarnów to the ghetto of Nowym Sączu (Nowy Sącz; Sanz), marked with inked stamps of the city's courthouse. One of the inked stamps states "Judenrat". September 1941. Polish.
5-6. Two postcards mailed to the 201 Camp Reithoffer DP camp in Upper Austria, in the vicinity of the city of Steyr. One postcard, written in Polish, was mailed from Łódź in January 1947. The second postcard, written in Yiddish, was mailed from the Eggenfelden DP camp, Germany in March 1947.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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1-3. Three items with various postmarks of the Postabteilung (Postal Department) of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat: Two postal envelopes with postage stamps and postmarks dated April, 1940; stationery postcard (with pre-printed form) / self-addressed postcard mailed to a prisoner-of-war camp, (Stalag), July 21, 1943.
4. Postcard sent from Łódź to Vienna, December, 1941. Postmarked "Litzmannstadt", additional inked stamp reading "Litzmannstadt – groeste Textil-Industrie Im Osten" ("Litzmannstadt – The Largest Textile Plant in the East").
5. Postcard sent from Prague to the Łódź Ghetto, with an inked stamp from Prague reading "Ältestenrat der Juden in Prag," and additional inked stamps from Łódź, dated June 16, 1942.
6. Empty pre-printed stationery postcard issued by the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1943.
7. Stationery envelope titled "Sonderabteilung," with the inked stamp of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, and the specific designation "Arbeits-Ressort" (Labor Department). Undated.
8. Ration coupon for bread issued by the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1943.
9. A form titled "Dringende aufforderung" (Urgent Request), issued by the Vollstreckungsstelle (Enforcement Office) of the Łódź Ghetto, 1940.
10. A form titled "Kassen-bericht" (payment stub) of the "Verpflegungs-abteilung" ("Food Supply Department") of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1941.
11-13. Three forms titled "Einlieferungsschein" (consignment slip), requesting assistance packages to be sent by mail, two for inmates of Birkenau (Auschwitz), and one for a Jew in the Łódź Ghetto.
14. Postcard mailed from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, addressed to Oskar Schulz, at the "AF 562 Oslavan Arbeitergruppe" labor camp, 1943. No postage stamp.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
4. Postcard sent from Łódź to Vienna, December, 1941. Postmarked "Litzmannstadt", additional inked stamp reading "Litzmannstadt – groeste Textil-Industrie Im Osten" ("Litzmannstadt – The Largest Textile Plant in the East").
5. Postcard sent from Prague to the Łódź Ghetto, with an inked stamp from Prague reading "Ältestenrat der Juden in Prag," and additional inked stamps from Łódź, dated June 16, 1942.
6. Empty pre-printed stationery postcard issued by the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1943.
7. Stationery envelope titled "Sonderabteilung," with the inked stamp of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, and the specific designation "Arbeits-Ressort" (Labor Department). Undated.
8. Ration coupon for bread issued by the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1943.
9. A form titled "Dringende aufforderung" (Urgent Request), issued by the Vollstreckungsstelle (Enforcement Office) of the Łódź Ghetto, 1940.
10. A form titled "Kassen-bericht" (payment stub) of the "Verpflegungs-abteilung" ("Food Supply Department") of the Łódź Ghetto Judenrat, 1941.
11-13. Three forms titled "Einlieferungsschein" (consignment slip), requesting assistance packages to be sent by mail, two for inmates of Birkenau (Auschwitz), and one for a Jew in the Łódź Ghetto.
14. Postcard mailed from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, addressed to Oskar Schulz, at the "AF 562 Oslavan Arbeitergruppe" labor camp, 1943. No postage stamp.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Collection of handwritten letters from Zelda Thaler Lehrfeld, a Jewish inmate at the Internment Camp in Liebenau, Germany. 1943-44. Polish.
11 letters sent from the Liebenau Internment Camp to Krakow, Poland, from May 1943 through February 1944. Most are written on postcards (some belonging to the camp's "Interniertenpost" – prisoners' mail) and marked with the inked stamps of the camp and other institutions. One letter is written on an official prisoners' mail form.
The letters were written by Zelda Lehrfeld, a Jewish woman imprisoned at the Liebenau Camp in the years 1943-44. In January 1945, Lehrfeld was freed, whereupon she immigrated to the United States.
The Ilag V Liebenau internment camp was established in 1940 near the city of Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance in southern Germany, in what was once the local castle. The facility had previously housed the Liebenau Foundation, a nursing home and sanatorium run by nuns for people with special needs, specifically the mentally or physically handicapped, the elderly and the enfeebled. In the context of the Nazi program titled "T4 Euthanasia" – a campaign to cleanse the "Aryan Race" of those deemed "unfit" – from July 1940 and onward, some 510 patients were transferred from Liebenau and murdered at the Grafeneck and Hadamar camps. From then on, Liebenau was utilized as an internment camp for women from enemy countries; citizens of Great Britain, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, and other countries were imprisoned there. Other parts of the castle were used to house other institutions, including a Wehrmacht infirmary (beginning in 1942) and a relocated department of the German Foreign Ministry.
Also enclosed are a number of additional letters written by Lehrfeld, including ones she sent from New York to Krakow in 1945, and a photograph, apparently of Lehrfeld and her daughters.
Total of 20 items, size and condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Stains, creases, and tears (including open tears).
11 letters sent from the Liebenau Internment Camp to Krakow, Poland, from May 1943 through February 1944. Most are written on postcards (some belonging to the camp's "Interniertenpost" – prisoners' mail) and marked with the inked stamps of the camp and other institutions. One letter is written on an official prisoners' mail form.
The letters were written by Zelda Lehrfeld, a Jewish woman imprisoned at the Liebenau Camp in the years 1943-44. In January 1945, Lehrfeld was freed, whereupon she immigrated to the United States.
The Ilag V Liebenau internment camp was established in 1940 near the city of Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance in southern Germany, in what was once the local castle. The facility had previously housed the Liebenau Foundation, a nursing home and sanatorium run by nuns for people with special needs, specifically the mentally or physically handicapped, the elderly and the enfeebled. In the context of the Nazi program titled "T4 Euthanasia" – a campaign to cleanse the "Aryan Race" of those deemed "unfit" – from July 1940 and onward, some 510 patients were transferred from Liebenau and murdered at the Grafeneck and Hadamar camps. From then on, Liebenau was utilized as an internment camp for women from enemy countries; citizens of Great Britain, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, and other countries were imprisoned there. Other parts of the castle were used to house other institutions, including a Wehrmacht infirmary (beginning in 1942) and a relocated department of the German Foreign Ministry.
Also enclosed are a number of additional letters written by Lehrfeld, including ones she sent from New York to Krakow in 1945, and a photograph, apparently of Lehrfeld and her daughters.
Total of 20 items, size and condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Stains, creases, and tears (including open tears).
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Twenty-nine letter envelopes exchanged between Jewish family members and relatives in Europe and the United States during the Holocaust period. The Camp de Gurs detention camp in France; Cologne, Germany; London, England; and New York, 1938-42.
1-10. Ten letter envelopes representing correspondence between Dr. Richard Katzenstein of Cologne, Germany, and his relative, Walter Katzenstein of New York. 1938-42. Nine were sent to New York, and one was mailed in the opposite direction and returned to sender. The envelopes from Cologne bear censor stickers and the inked stamps of approval of the Wehrmacht, as well as the inked stamps of the Cologne Judenrat (Jewish Council), of the sender (on one, the middle name "Israel" is added), and of other agencies; they also have postmarks and postage stamps of the Third Reich. The envelope from New York has American postmarks, inked stamps, and postage stamps. One envelope – the latest in this chain of correspondence – was sent by Dr. Richard Katzenstein from London, England in early 1942.
11-29. Nineteen letter envelopes representing correspondence between Hermann and Charlotte Doiny, a couple incarcerated in the Camp de Gurs detention camp in France, and their relatives in New York. 1940-42. Twelve of the envelopes were mailed from Camp de Gurs to New York, while the rest were sent in the opposite direction and returned to the sender. The envelopes sent from de Gurs bear the postmarks of the camp and the inked stamps of camp's censor and other agencies, as well as postage stamps of Vichy France. The envelopes sent from New York are marked with "Return to Sender" inked stamps in French and English, along with the inked stamps of the de Gurs's camp's censor, the Wehrmacht, and other agencies. They also have American postage stamps.
Also: Three of the envelopes still contain the letters (in German) originally enclosed in them.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
1-10. Ten letter envelopes representing correspondence between Dr. Richard Katzenstein of Cologne, Germany, and his relative, Walter Katzenstein of New York. 1938-42. Nine were sent to New York, and one was mailed in the opposite direction and returned to sender. The envelopes from Cologne bear censor stickers and the inked stamps of approval of the Wehrmacht, as well as the inked stamps of the Cologne Judenrat (Jewish Council), of the sender (on one, the middle name "Israel" is added), and of other agencies; they also have postmarks and postage stamps of the Third Reich. The envelope from New York has American postmarks, inked stamps, and postage stamps. One envelope – the latest in this chain of correspondence – was sent by Dr. Richard Katzenstein from London, England in early 1942.
11-29. Nineteen letter envelopes representing correspondence between Hermann and Charlotte Doiny, a couple incarcerated in the Camp de Gurs detention camp in France, and their relatives in New York. 1940-42. Twelve of the envelopes were mailed from Camp de Gurs to New York, while the rest were sent in the opposite direction and returned to the sender. The envelopes sent from de Gurs bear the postmarks of the camp and the inked stamps of camp's censor and other agencies, as well as postage stamps of Vichy France. The envelopes sent from New York are marked with "Return to Sender" inked stamps in French and English, along with the inked stamps of the de Gurs's camp's censor, the Wehrmacht, and other agencies. They also have American postage stamps.
Also: Three of the envelopes still contain the letters (in German) originally enclosed in them.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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December 22, 2020
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A dozen envelopes and two postcards sent by inmates of concentration and detention camps in France. France, early 1940s. French and additional languages.
1-12. A dozen envelopes from various camps, including the Camp de Gurs detention camp (six envelopes from this camp, mailed in the years 1940-42; some marked with inked stamps of the camp's censor); the concentration camp Argelès-sur-Mer; the detention and transit camp, Camp du Vernet d'Ariège; the Camp de Rivesaltes, Camp de Noé, and Camp des Milles concentration camps; and the La Guiche sanatorium for tuberculosis patients (which served, during the war, as a quarantine camp for patients from concentration camps throughout France).
13-14. Two letters from concentration camps, handwritten on postcards, one from Camp de Rivesaltes and the other from Nexon.
The envelopes and postcards bear the official inked stamps of the camp postal services and the camp censors, as well as registered mail labels (some with the names of the camps), postage stamps of Vichy France, and various other markings.
Also enclosed: An envelope mailed from the Ostrowiec Ghetto (Ostrowiec Kielecki) in south-central Poland, marked with the inked stamps of the Ghetto Judenrat (Jewish Council) and Ghetto postmarks, and German postage stamps.
Size and condition varies. Overall good to good-fair condition.
1-12. A dozen envelopes from various camps, including the Camp de Gurs detention camp (six envelopes from this camp, mailed in the years 1940-42; some marked with inked stamps of the camp's censor); the concentration camp Argelès-sur-Mer; the detention and transit camp, Camp du Vernet d'Ariège; the Camp de Rivesaltes, Camp de Noé, and Camp des Milles concentration camps; and the La Guiche sanatorium for tuberculosis patients (which served, during the war, as a quarantine camp for patients from concentration camps throughout France).
13-14. Two letters from concentration camps, handwritten on postcards, one from Camp de Rivesaltes and the other from Nexon.
The envelopes and postcards bear the official inked stamps of the camp postal services and the camp censors, as well as registered mail labels (some with the names of the camps), postage stamps of Vichy France, and various other markings.
Also enclosed: An envelope mailed from the Ostrowiec Ghetto (Ostrowiec Kielecki) in south-central Poland, marked with the inked stamps of the Ghetto Judenrat (Jewish Council) and Ghetto postmarks, and German postage stamps.
Size and condition varies. Overall good to good-fair condition.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, Holocaust and Sheerit HaPletah
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