Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

World War II and the Extermination Camps – Photographs by Max Bilen – Istanbul

Opening: $1,800
Unsold
Images du Malheur, poèmes épiques présentés avec des photos par Max Bilen [images of the calamity – poems accompanied by photos taken by Max Bilen]. Istanbul, 1953. French.
Three photo-binders which include 210 photos of WW II period, by Max Bilen, a photographer working for Le Journal d'Orient in Istanbul. The photos are reproductions made in the 1950s. As it turns out from the collection presented. During WW II Bilen documented by taking professional photos the operations of the Allied Forces in Europe, the demolished cities and the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Some photos are very disturbing. Attached: four journalist-cards and a photographer-card in the name of Bilen. Average size: 14X18 cm.
Generally – in good condition. Several detached leaves.
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita