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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $400
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Four documents and certificates in the name of Miriam Stern, a Jewish refugee from Yugoslavia, who immigrated to Eretz Israel through Switzerland:
1. Putna Isprava – Passeport. Passport on behalf of Légation Royale de Yougoslavie en Suisse [Royal consulate of Yugoslavia in Switzerland]. Issued in Brno on April 23 1943. With Stern's photo.
2."Identity card". Identity card issued by Palestine Government, in Tel-Aviv on December 24, 1945. With Stern's photo.
3. School for care takers graduation certificate, on behalf of "WIZO" institute for mother and child, Tel-Aviv, July 1948. With Stern's photo.
4. Copy of form "Questionnaire concerning claims against Yugoslavia" ]early 1950s].
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1. Putna Isprava – Passeport. Passport on behalf of Légation Royale de Yougoslavie en Suisse [Royal consulate of Yugoslavia in Switzerland]. Issued in Brno on April 23 1943. With Stern's photo.
2."Identity card". Identity card issued by Palestine Government, in Tel-Aviv on December 24, 1945. With Stern's photo.
3. School for care takers graduation certificate, on behalf of "WIZO" institute for mother and child, Tel-Aviv, July 1948. With Stern's photo.
4. Copy of form "Questionnaire concerning claims against Yugoslavia" ]early 1950s].
Sizes and conditions vary.
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Lot 441 Documents Collection – Kanterovich Family – Search for Missing Relatives after the Holocaust
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Collection of letters from and to Kanterovich family. Bergen-Belsen, Tel-Aviv and other locations, 1945-1947. Hebrew, Yiddish, English and Polish.
The letters presented here demonstrate the efforts invested by Hanoch Kanterovich and Joseph Kanterovich (living in Tel-Aviv) to find their brother Avraham-Hersch, after the Holocaust. In letters sent by the Joint organization it is reported that Avraham-Hersch died after his release. The letters also imply that his wife (widow), Lola Kanterovich (Rosenblum) and their child are in Bergen-Belsen DPC and are planning to go to Italy, to Lola's sister.
The items include: letters sent by Lola Kanterovich from Bergen- Belsen DPC, notes with handwritten lists (some include names of survivors and were written in Bergen-Belsen), forms of the Search Bureau for Missing Relatives, and more. Other families mentioned in some documents are Gruenwald, Herzberg and Levine. Lot of about 45 letters, notes, forms and envelopes. Sizes and conditions vary.
The letters presented here demonstrate the efforts invested by Hanoch Kanterovich and Joseph Kanterovich (living in Tel-Aviv) to find their brother Avraham-Hersch, after the Holocaust. In letters sent by the Joint organization it is reported that Avraham-Hersch died after his release. The letters also imply that his wife (widow), Lola Kanterovich (Rosenblum) and their child are in Bergen-Belsen DPC and are planning to go to Italy, to Lola's sister.
The items include: letters sent by Lola Kanterovich from Bergen- Belsen DPC, notes with handwritten lists (some include names of survivors and were written in Bergen-Belsen), forms of the Search Bureau for Missing Relatives, and more. Other families mentioned in some documents are Gruenwald, Herzberg and Levine. Lot of about 45 letters, notes, forms and envelopes. Sizes and conditions vary.
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!["Zi hobn gekempft far undzer kavod un frihaiyt" [they fought for our honor and liberty], poster commemorating five](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/442.jpg "Poster – Five Years to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – Henryk Hechtkopf")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $1,750
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"Zi hobn gekempft far undzer kavod un frihaiyt" [they fought for our honor and liberty], poster commemorating five years to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. M. Wieckowski Printing press, Warsaw, 1948. Poster commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, with a remarkable illustration by the artist Henryk Hechtkopf: a man and a woman hold rifles and break through barbed wire. The title – "they fought for our honor and liberty" – printed in Yiddish and Russian. In the same year an additional poster was printed with the title in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Henryk Hechtkopf (1910-2004), painter and illustrator, native of Warsaw. When WW II broke out, he retreated with the Polish Army into the Soviet Union, was arrested and sent to various labor camps. When the war ended he returned to Poland and found out that all his family perished. In 1949 designed the first stamp in the world with reference to the Holocaust and won first prize in an international competition of posters about the Holocaust. Made Aliya to Israel in 1957 with his wife and settled in Bat Yam. He made a living by painting and illustrating books. 50X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
Henryk Hechtkopf (1910-2004), painter and illustrator, native of Warsaw. When WW II broke out, he retreated with the Polish Army into the Soviet Union, was arrested and sent to various labor camps. When the war ended he returned to Poland and found out that all his family perished. In 1949 designed the first stamp in the world with reference to the Holocaust and won first prize in an international competition of posters about the Holocaust. Made Aliya to Israel in 1957 with his wife and settled in Bat Yam. He made a living by painting and illustrating books. 50X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
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![De Waanzin Breekt Los [The Madness Breaks Loose], printed leaf with an illustration by Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan [Holland, fi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/443.jpg "Political Pro-Jewish Poster – Holland, 1940s")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $250
Sold for: $550
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De Waanzin Breekt Los [The Madness Breaks Loose], printed leaf with an illustration by Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan [Holland, first half of 1940s]. Illustration by the Dutch caricaturist Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan, of the period when Holland was occupied by the Nazis. The poster features a figure carrying signs with the writing "Voor Juden Verboden" [No entrance for Jews].
Jordaan (1885-1980), specialized in drawing caricatures of political nature and was well known for the anti-Nazi caricatures which he created during WW II. His works were published by several newspapers in Holland. 23X30 cm. Good condition. Cloth backed for display and preservation.
Jordaan (1885-1980), specialized in drawing caricatures of political nature and was well known for the anti-Nazi caricatures which he created during WW II. His works were published by several newspapers in Holland. 23X30 cm. Good condition. Cloth backed for display and preservation.
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Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $120
Sold for: $200
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*From liberated Diaspora zones greetings for 1944-5 – a New Year card from the Jewish Drivers Unit no. 178, Italy, 1944. *"Greetings for the New Year, and they shall hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning" – "Shanah Tovah" card from the ATS women-drivers unit no. 513, 1945.
10.5X7 cm, 9.5X5.5 cm. Good condition. Staining. Filing hole to one card.
10.5X7 cm, 9.5X5.5 cm. Good condition. Staining. Filing hole to one card.
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Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $180
Sold for: $400
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Card with "Shanah Tovah" greeting, for Rosh HaShanah 1947. DPC Bergen-Belsen, "Foto Camp". The card features a photo of the camp and a photo of a couple with a baby. 7.5X12 cm. Very good condition.
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Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $200
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“Yitba Hayeshuv et Herpat Hayalav” (The Yishuv will demand the humiliation of its soldiers) / “Tens of Hebrew Soldiers Will be Charged by Military Court”. Two posters denigrating the enlistment to the Jewish Brigade. Eretz Israel, [middle of 1940’s].
The posters express opposition to enlistment in the Jewish Brigade for various reasons: The soldiers are enlisted without equipment, without training, without a flag and without a Jewish emblem; The soldiers have to put on an emblem with the word “Palestine” and includes Arabic letters. Bearing this is an offence against conscience and national honor. The writer of the poster calls for “an open consistent popular war for the national flag for Jewish Units" and for “A Hebrew emblem for our troops”. Leaf 41.5 X25 cm. Good condition. Stains; Leaf 39.5X22.5 cm. Fair condition, creases, signs of folding and stains.
The posters express opposition to enlistment in the Jewish Brigade for various reasons: The soldiers are enlisted without equipment, without training, without a flag and without a Jewish emblem; The soldiers have to put on an emblem with the word “Palestine” and includes Arabic letters. Bearing this is an offence against conscience and national honor. The writer of the poster calls for “an open consistent popular war for the national flag for Jewish Units" and for “A Hebrew emblem for our troops”. Leaf 41.5 X25 cm. Good condition. Stains; Leaf 39.5X22.5 cm. Fair condition, creases, signs of folding and stains.
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Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
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A stenciled leaf, invitation to a Shavu'ot party in honor of Holocaust survivors who returned to Greece. Rhodes, June 5, 1946.
"Jewish soldiers in Rhodes and the Jewish community committee are honored to invite….to a Shavu'ot party in honor of the exiles who returned from internment camps in Germany…". Single leaf, handwritten, stenciled, 19X25 cm. Good condition, tears at borders, folding-marks.
"Jewish soldiers in Rhodes and the Jewish community committee are honored to invite….to a Shavu'ot party in honor of the exiles who returned from internment camps in Germany…". Single leaf, handwritten, stenciled, 19X25 cm. Good condition, tears at borders, folding-marks.
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![Certificate given to a donor to the Magbit HaBitachon [Security Fund]. Italy, March 14, 1948.
The "Haganah" emergen](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/448.jpg "\"Magbit HaBitachon\" –Donor's Certificate – Italy, May 15, 1948")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $150
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Certificate given to a donor to the Magbit HaBitachon [Security Fund]. Italy, March 14, 1948.
The "Haganah" emergency "Security Fund" was aimed at collecting funds to acquire arms and to finance the War of Independence. The caption on the certificate reads, "Per la vita, per l'onore, per las difesa d'Israele" [To Life, Honor and the Defense of Israel]. 35x25 cm. Good condition. Folding mark, minor creases.
The "Haganah" emergency "Security Fund" was aimed at collecting funds to acquire arms and to finance the War of Independence. The caption on the certificate reads, "Per la vita, per l'onore, per las difesa d'Israele" [To Life, Honor and the Defense of Israel]. 35x25 cm. Good condition. Folding mark, minor creases.
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $400
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"'Haganah' missionaries tortured and killed". Proclamation on behalf of "Etzel", 1947.
Proclamation issued by "Etzel", concerning "Habricha" movement and refugee camps in Austria. "Habricha" was a Zionist organization in charge of illegal immigration of some three hundred thousand Holocaust survivors to Eretz Israel during the years 1944-1948. "Habricha" started as a spontaneous organization and later was assisted by the "Haganah" and became one of the leading factors in the "Ha'apala" operation to Eretz Israel.
"Etzel" members attack in this proclamation the "Haganah" conduct in Insbruck refugee camp:"people of this totalitarian monopoly intentionally interfered with rescue operations which were organized by our members when war ended…. One of our members, Milo Friedlich, a Romanian refugee, who was tortured to death….Milo Friedlich was murdered by his torturers…". 25X35 cm. Good condition, stains. Back clothed for display and preservation.
Proclamation issued by "Etzel", concerning "Habricha" movement and refugee camps in Austria. "Habricha" was a Zionist organization in charge of illegal immigration of some three hundred thousand Holocaust survivors to Eretz Israel during the years 1944-1948. "Habricha" started as a spontaneous organization and later was assisted by the "Haganah" and became one of the leading factors in the "Ha'apala" operation to Eretz Israel.
"Etzel" members attack in this proclamation the "Haganah" conduct in Insbruck refugee camp:"people of this totalitarian monopoly intentionally interfered with rescue operations which were organized by our members when war ended…. One of our members, Milo Friedlich, a Romanian refugee, who was tortured to death….Milo Friedlich was murdered by his torturers…". 25X35 cm. Good condition, stains. Back clothed for display and preservation.
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![Tenth of Nissan Day "Seder Avoda" [on behalf] of the Communities Committee and Rabbis Council in Poland. Ogniwo pri](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/450.jpg "Tenth of Nissan \"Seder Avoda\" and Fasting Laws – Warsaw, 1948")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
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Tenth of Nissan Day "Seder Avoda" [on behalf] of the Communities Committee and Rabbis Council in Poland. Ogniwo printing press, Warsaw, 1948.
Booklet issued for Tenth of Nissan 19.4.1948. Includes a "Proclamation for Jewish Communities all over Poland" (in Hebrew and Yiddish), "Seder Avodat HaYom", fasting laws for Tenth of Nissan 1948 and a eulogy poem by Leib Bialer, "Eli Warsaw!".
From the proclamation: "my eye sheds water for the extinction of one third of our people in Europe…in the meanest and most cruel ways, old and young, men, women and children…and the demolition of synagogues…the rabbis of Poland conferred and decided to declare the Tenth of Nissan of this year as a fasting day…".
8 pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding-marks, tears and minor stains. Half-sheet folded into four, not cut and not bound.
Booklet issued for Tenth of Nissan 19.4.1948. Includes a "Proclamation for Jewish Communities all over Poland" (in Hebrew and Yiddish), "Seder Avodat HaYom", fasting laws for Tenth of Nissan 1948 and a eulogy poem by Leib Bialer, "Eli Warsaw!".
From the proclamation: "my eye sheds water for the extinction of one third of our people in Europe…in the meanest and most cruel ways, old and young, men, women and children…and the demolition of synagogues…the rabbis of Poland conferred and decided to declare the Tenth of Nissan of this year as a fasting day…".
8 pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding-marks, tears and minor stains. Half-sheet folded into four, not cut and not bound.
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Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $180
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Two documents (circulars) printed by the fundraising committee of the "Central Committee for Rescue of Polish Jews". Tel-Aviv, [late 1940s].
The documents call for generous donations:"…we should be the first to rescue Polish Jews, refugees of war…donate generously…". On one of the documents are signed (in print) members of the Jewish Agency as well as leading Polish rabies and the chief rabies of Eretz Israel.[2] leaves, 28.5-26.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, minor stains.
The documents call for generous donations:"…we should be the first to rescue Polish Jews, refugees of war…donate generously…". On one of the documents are signed (in print) members of the Jewish Agency as well as leading Polish rabies and the chief rabies of Eretz Israel.[2] leaves, 28.5-26.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, minor stains.
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