Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 1, 2011
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Collection of documents on behalf of "Let My People Go" – the relief organization for the Prisoners of Zion and Soviet Union Jewry, 1970's to the 90's.
Includes: 2 small posters - "Let My People Go" with photographs of Prisoners of Zion imprisoned in Soviet jails for their fight to immigrate to Israel, 1975. * 7 Posters "Prisoner of Zion in the USSR", 1985 – with photographs of Prisoners. * 2 Posters "Soviet Jewry in not free", Keren HaYesod printing, 1990. * 6 Black and white photographs of Prisoners of Zion; Nathan Sharansky is seen in one of them. *Leaflet in the shape of a 100- Dollar- bill, on behalf of the Bar-Ilan University students. * Leaflet announcing three "Wanted" – the Kremlin rulers in Moscow, 1970. * Leaflet "My visit to the Gulag Archipelago" by Lev Genadin, 1974; Leaflet with dedication by Genadin in Hebrew and Russian; poster with his photograph; letter to Genadin's wife from the American senator Henri M. Jackson. Total of 23 items, various sizes and conditions.
Includes: 2 small posters - "Let My People Go" with photographs of Prisoners of Zion imprisoned in Soviet jails for their fight to immigrate to Israel, 1975. * 7 Posters "Prisoner of Zion in the USSR", 1985 – with photographs of Prisoners. * 2 Posters "Soviet Jewry in not free", Keren HaYesod printing, 1990. * 6 Black and white photographs of Prisoners of Zion; Nathan Sharansky is seen in one of them. *Leaflet in the shape of a 100- Dollar- bill, on behalf of the Bar-Ilan University students. * Leaflet announcing three "Wanted" – the Kremlin rulers in Moscow, 1970. * Leaflet "My visit to the Gulag Archipelago" by Lev Genadin, 1974; Leaflet with dedication by Genadin in Hebrew and Russian; poster with his photograph; letter to Genadin's wife from the American senator Henri M. Jackson. Total of 23 items, various sizes and conditions.
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Eastern European Jewry
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Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 1, 2011
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
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Lecture by D.S. Schor "Yidn un Muzik" [Jews in Music], on behalf of "Education Distribution Society", Vilnius, 1911. Yiddish and Russian.
The lecture was accompanied by "Musical Pictures". 70X54.5 cm. Good condition, substantial folding-marks. Mounted on linen fabric for display and restoration.
The lecture was accompanied by "Musical Pictures". 70X54.5 cm. Good condition, substantial folding-marks. Mounted on linen fabric for display and restoration.
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Eastern European Jewry
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Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 1, 2011
Opening: $200
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HaTzofeh, Hebrew weekly, dedicated to life and literature, edited by A. A. Friedman. Kovna, 1922. Issues 1-14 (except for issue 11). No more issues have been printed.
"HaTzofeh, first Hebrew paper in Lithuania, …reflects our national, public, political, economic and literary life…".
Two copies of issue no. 3, one is not bound. Issue no. 11 is missing. Volume 31 cm. Good condition. Dry and fragile paper. Several detached leaves. From the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
"HaTzofeh, first Hebrew paper in Lithuania, …reflects our national, public, political, economic and literary life…".
Two copies of issue no. 3, one is not bound. Issue no. 11 is missing. Volume 31 cm. Good condition. Dry and fragile paper. Several detached leaves. From the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Eastern European Jewry
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Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 1, 2011
Opening: $120
Sold for: $175
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Advertising postcards of children's newspaper Grininka Beimelach, Vilna; a postcard of the newspaper Ladzsher-Arbeter, Lodz, 1929, with a handwritten list of debts for the newspaper; an official postcard of the Yiddishe Central Emigration Gezelsheft in Poland, Warsaw, 1928; a lottery ticket on behalf of Yiddishe Shul Organization, Warsaw, 1929, etc.
A total of 9 items, varied size and condition.
A total of 9 items, varied size and condition.
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Eastern European Jewry
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Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 1, 2011
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Manuscript essay, Die Judische Gemeinde von Czernowitz im Wandel der Zeiten [Czernowitz Jewish Community through the Ages], by Moshe (Moritz) Liquornik. Tel-Aviv, 1944. German. History of the Czernowitz Jewish community from the 18th century to the 1940's . 39 leaves, good condition, tears at borders. * Various photographs of Moshe Moritz: large group photograph, from Prof. Chaim Weizmann's visit in Czernowitz as the president of the World Zionist organization, 1927; 9 Family and private photographs. * "Receipt" in color, from the "Aid committee for the Bucovina Kollels" in Jerusalem, 1930's. Size and condition varies.
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Eastern European Jewry
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Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 1, 2011
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,250
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170 documents of the Râmnicu Sărat Jewish community, Romania, 1920 s-1940 s. Romanian.
A printed pamphlet with the community's regulations; letters and reports on the Jewish community committee's official stationary; paper tickets with stamps of the synagogue; handwritten and printed contracts and agreements; letters by Rabbi Dr. Menachem Shafran; letters by the city's Jewish business owners, etc. Contains material related to the Holocaust. Varied size and condition.
A printed pamphlet with the community's regulations; letters and reports on the Jewish community committee's official stationary; paper tickets with stamps of the synagogue; handwritten and printed contracts and agreements; letters by Rabbi Dr. Menachem Shafran; letters by the city's Jewish business owners, etc. Contains material related to the Holocaust. Varied size and condition.
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Eastern European Jewry
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Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 1, 2011
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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204 document and proclamations from Jewish community life in Botoşani, Romania, 1910- 1930 s. Romanian, Hebrew and Yiddish.
Lists of nominees for elections; documents of the Chevra Kadisha; posters by Dr. Emil Tauber, the Botoşani Jewish Community President and handwritten letters addressed to him or to the Jewish Community Committee; an election card; receipts; handwritten and printed agreements and contracts; lists of names and signatures of citizens; letters and documents of Jewish businesses in the city; a board to hang in the synagogue, etc. Varied size and condition.
Lists of nominees for elections; documents of the Chevra Kadisha; posters by Dr. Emil Tauber, the Botoşani Jewish Community President and handwritten letters addressed to him or to the Jewish Community Committee; an election card; receipts; handwritten and printed agreements and contracts; lists of names and signatures of citizens; letters and documents of Jewish businesses in the city; a board to hang in the synagogue, etc. Varied size and condition.
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Eastern European Jewry
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