Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Collection of Documents – Establishing Kfar Etzion – Shmuel Zvi Holtzman

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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12 items connected to the establishment of Kfar Etzion by the El HaHar Company, and by the Charedi businessman Shmuel Zvi Holtzman (1883-1960), company chairman and one of the founders of Kfar Etzion, named after him: *Kfar Etzion. A brochure published by El HaHar Company in preparation of the establishment of the settlement. [1930-s]. *Map – printed copy of the measuring plan carried out in May 1935 – measuring the lands of Kfar Artes on the outskirts of Beit Lechem, "prepared for El HaHar Company". 70X90 cm. Fair condition. *Sales Contract, purchase of land in Kfar Etzion from El HaHar Company. Drawn and signed on October 10, 1934. A map of the area is printed on the form. *Printed advertisement, El HaHar Company is going to build a forest summer village in the Judean Hills – Ya'ar Etzion – near the Jerusalem-Hebron road (opposite Kfar Etzion). *Eight various forms and documents: letters to El HaHar Company by the Geula Bank (Jerusalem, 1934); a check written out to S. Z. Holtzman (El HaHar Company), etc. Varied size and condition.
Eretz Israel, Settlements
Eretz Israel, Settlements