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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Two drawing depicting the Theresienstadt Ghetto (Terezin) by Joseph (Joe) Spier, executed during his time in the ghetto. Theresienstadt (now in the Czech Republic), 1943.
Ink and watercolors on paper. Both are signed and dated.
One drawing depicts a prisoner at work, kneeling; captioned at bottom "Gymn. Prof. Dr. C. Aus Dresden" [Gymnasium Professor, Dr. C. of Dresden]. The other painting depicts a group of prisoners in the ghetto.
Joseph (Joe) Eduard Adolf Spier (1900-1978) was a Jewish-Dutch artist and illustrator. During the 1920s and 1930s, he worked as an illustrator and caricaturist for the popular newspaper "De Telegraaf"; however, after the occupation of Holland by Nazi Germany in 1940 he was fired from the newspaper. During this period, his works became increasingly political and after publishing a satirical caricature of Adolph Hitler, he was arrested and sent to Camp Westerbork, a police transit camp for Jews. His luck held for a short time when one of Holland's senior politicians, the pro-Nazi nationalist Anton Mussert, turned out to be a fan of his works and made sure he was moved with his family to Villa Bouchina; but shortly afterwards the family was sent to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, where they remained until the end of the war. During his time in the ghetto, Spier painted murals in the children's shacks, but was also forced to participate in the production of the propaganda film "Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet" ("Theresienstadt: A Documentary Film from the Jewish Settlement Area"). After the war, he was heavily criticized for his participation and many in Holland saw him as a Nazi collaborator. In 1951 he immigrated with his family to the USA.
16.5X13.5 cm; approx. 4X16 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. The drawings are mounted on cardboard plates and framed (old frames, with blemishes). Unexamined out of frames.
Ink and watercolors on paper. Both are signed and dated.
One drawing depicts a prisoner at work, kneeling; captioned at bottom "Gymn. Prof. Dr. C. Aus Dresden" [Gymnasium Professor, Dr. C. of Dresden]. The other painting depicts a group of prisoners in the ghetto.
Joseph (Joe) Eduard Adolf Spier (1900-1978) was a Jewish-Dutch artist and illustrator. During the 1920s and 1930s, he worked as an illustrator and caricaturist for the popular newspaper "De Telegraaf"; however, after the occupation of Holland by Nazi Germany in 1940 he was fired from the newspaper. During this period, his works became increasingly political and after publishing a satirical caricature of Adolph Hitler, he was arrested and sent to Camp Westerbork, a police transit camp for Jews. His luck held for a short time when one of Holland's senior politicians, the pro-Nazi nationalist Anton Mussert, turned out to be a fan of his works and made sure he was moved with his family to Villa Bouchina; but shortly afterwards the family was sent to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, where they remained until the end of the war. During his time in the ghetto, Spier painted murals in the children's shacks, but was also forced to participate in the production of the propaganda film "Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet" ("Theresienstadt: A Documentary Film from the Jewish Settlement Area"). After the war, he was heavily criticized for his participation and many in Holland saw him as a Nazi collaborator. In 1951 he immigrated with his family to the USA.
16.5X13.5 cm; approx. 4X16 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. The drawings are mounted on cardboard plates and framed (old frames, with blemishes). Unexamined out of frames.
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![Z otchłani, poezje [From the Abyss, Poems]. Warsaw: Ż. K. N. ("Jewish National Committee"), 1944. Polish. "From the Abyss", p](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/214.jpg "\"From the Abyss\" – Collection of Resistance Poems Written under Nazi O")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Unsold
Z otchłani, poezje [From the Abyss, Poems]. Warsaw: Ż. K. N. ("Jewish National Committee"), 1944. Polish.
"From the Abyss", published about a year after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, is a rare expression of resistance to the Nazi regime and its crimes in the Jewish ghetto and outside of it. The eleven poems in the book were printed anonymously and their writers' identity was revealed only after the liberation of Poland by the Red Army – Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz, literary scholar Jan Kott, Jewish poets Mieczysław Jastrun and Michal Borwicz, and others. The editor of the collection is, presumably, the poet Tadeusz Sarnecki, a member of Żegota, the underground Polish Council to Aid Jews, who wrote the last poem in the book and was the only one who signed it with a pseudonym – Jan Wajdelota.
The publisher, "Jewish National Committee" (Żydowski Komitet Narodowy), was an underground organization founded in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. It served as the "political arm" of the Jewish Fighting Organization ŻOB and was responsible for its contact with the resistance outside the ghetto. This book, published about a year after the Jewish military resistance was repressed, was smuggled from Europe to the USA and printed in New York when the war was still raging, under the title "Ghetto Poetry of the Jewish Underground in Poland" (Polish: Poezje ghetta z podziemia żydowskiego w Polsce; published by Association of Friends of our Tribune, 1945).
One of the better-known poems in this book is "Campo de' Fiori" by Czesław Miłosz – one of the greatest poets of the 20th century and a Nobel Laureate in literature (1980). The poem describes the indifference of the masses in face of two historical atrocities – the burning at the stake of the Italian scientist Giordano Bruno in Campo de' Fiori and the crushing of the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto by the German army: "the people of Rome or Warsaw / haggle, laugh, make love / as they pass by the martyrs' pyres" (Translation: David Brooks and Louis Iribarne).
23 pp, approx. 14 cm. Good condition. Minor creases. Stains to cover and first leaf. Top edge trimmed at a slant.
"From the Abyss", published about a year after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, is a rare expression of resistance to the Nazi regime and its crimes in the Jewish ghetto and outside of it. The eleven poems in the book were printed anonymously and their writers' identity was revealed only after the liberation of Poland by the Red Army – Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz, literary scholar Jan Kott, Jewish poets Mieczysław Jastrun and Michal Borwicz, and others. The editor of the collection is, presumably, the poet Tadeusz Sarnecki, a member of Żegota, the underground Polish Council to Aid Jews, who wrote the last poem in the book and was the only one who signed it with a pseudonym – Jan Wajdelota.
The publisher, "Jewish National Committee" (Żydowski Komitet Narodowy), was an underground organization founded in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. It served as the "political arm" of the Jewish Fighting Organization ŻOB and was responsible for its contact with the resistance outside the ghetto. This book, published about a year after the Jewish military resistance was repressed, was smuggled from Europe to the USA and printed in New York when the war was still raging, under the title "Ghetto Poetry of the Jewish Underground in Poland" (Polish: Poezje ghetta z podziemia żydowskiego w Polsce; published by Association of Friends of our Tribune, 1945).
One of the better-known poems in this book is "Campo de' Fiori" by Czesław Miłosz – one of the greatest poets of the 20th century and a Nobel Laureate in literature (1980). The poem describes the indifference of the masses in face of two historical atrocities – the burning at the stake of the Italian scientist Giordano Bruno in Campo de' Fiori and the crushing of the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto by the German army: "the people of Rome or Warsaw / haggle, laugh, make love / as they pass by the martyrs' pyres" (Translation: David Brooks and Louis Iribarne).
23 pp, approx. 14 cm. Good condition. Minor creases. Stains to cover and first leaf. Top edge trimmed at a slant.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $6,500
Unsold
Collection of letters, telegrams and documents from the estate of Nathan Schwalb, the representative of the World Center of the Hechalutz movement in Geneva during the Holocaust. Geneva, Warsaw, Istanbul and elsewhere in Europe and Palestine, late 1930s and 1940s. German, English, Polish and Hebrew (a few documents in other languages).
The most important part of the collection consists of about 70 letters, telegrams and documents exchanged between Schwalb and the remaining members of Zionist movements in Europe and relief organizations during the war (many of these letters are written in code). These include:
· A letter from a woman named Hanna incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto, September 1940, with an update on the situation of the Gordonia movement and references to various members of the movement, some of whom fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – Eliezer Geller, Natan Eck, Yisrael [Zeltzer], Regina Wajchman and others.
· A letter to members of the Gordonia movement in the Warsaw Ghetto, Eliezer Geller and David Steinberg, January 1941, referring to packages sent to families in the ghetto and to conflicts between the leaders of the movement, providing updates on the progress of the Zionist enterprise in Palestine, and more.
· An interesting letter by Melech Neustadt (a Labor Zionist leader who advocated the allocation of rescue funds primarily to Zionist movements) from November 1942, presumably discussing transfer of funds to members of Zionist movements in Europe (listing recipient families). Neustadt mentions that Eliezer Gruenbaum, son of Yitzhak Gruenbaum (head of the Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency) was deported to a concentration camp in Poland (Eliezer Gruenbaum was a kapo in the Auschwitz concentration camp; after the war, he was accused of cruelty towards Jewish prisoners).
· A letter addressed to one Ella, October 1943, mentioning a request to receive the "names of the murderers, directors of the camps", money transferred by a "messenger", the "uncles" (presumably sponsors of the rescue activities), news about digging a "cemetery" (extermination camps?) and more.
· An interesting letter to one Michael (presumably Rabbi Michael Weissmandl) from July 1944, referring to a "Matarah Nisgawah" (a sublime cause) which will cost the lives of many Jews, to the Auschwitz extermination camp and the Theresienstadt ghetto, and to a trip of 270 relatives of "Spinoza" and "Alfred S." to Palestine.
· A letter to Roswell McClelland (the representative of the War Refugee Board in Bern) from July 1945, concerning a package Schwalb attempted to send to acquaintances in one of the concentration or extermination camps (possibly after it had become a DP camp), detailing the content of the package (clothes, food, a sewing kit).
· And more.
The collection also contains about 85 letters, telegrams and documents from the mid and late 1940s, after the war, including receipts for funds transferred to leaders of Zionist movements, dozens of telegrams requesting aid for the survivors, financial documents, and more.
Nathan Schwalb (1908-2004) was born in Stanisławów (today Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine). In his youth, he joined the HeChalutz movement in Ukraine, immigrated to Palestine and became a member of Kibbutz Chulda. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, in 1939, he participated in the Zionist Congress in Geneva, and upon learning about the situation of the Jews in Europe, decided to stay in Geneva and offer whatever help he could. He was the representative of the World Center of the Hechalutz movement in Geneva, made efforts to raise funds, maintained hundreds of informers and contacts, and even took part in the attempts to organize the escape of Jews from Europe. Schwalb was later accused of favoring his acquaintances, members of his party and members of HeChalutz when allocating funds.
A total of approx. 155 documents and letters from the late 1930s and 1940s. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Enclosed: more than a hundred letters, documents and copies of documents from later periods in Schwalb's life (some of them personal and some related to his activity during the war); nine photographs.
The most important part of the collection consists of about 70 letters, telegrams and documents exchanged between Schwalb and the remaining members of Zionist movements in Europe and relief organizations during the war (many of these letters are written in code). These include:
· A letter from a woman named Hanna incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto, September 1940, with an update on the situation of the Gordonia movement and references to various members of the movement, some of whom fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – Eliezer Geller, Natan Eck, Yisrael [Zeltzer], Regina Wajchman and others.
· A letter to members of the Gordonia movement in the Warsaw Ghetto, Eliezer Geller and David Steinberg, January 1941, referring to packages sent to families in the ghetto and to conflicts between the leaders of the movement, providing updates on the progress of the Zionist enterprise in Palestine, and more.
· An interesting letter by Melech Neustadt (a Labor Zionist leader who advocated the allocation of rescue funds primarily to Zionist movements) from November 1942, presumably discussing transfer of funds to members of Zionist movements in Europe (listing recipient families). Neustadt mentions that Eliezer Gruenbaum, son of Yitzhak Gruenbaum (head of the Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency) was deported to a concentration camp in Poland (Eliezer Gruenbaum was a kapo in the Auschwitz concentration camp; after the war, he was accused of cruelty towards Jewish prisoners).
· A letter addressed to one Ella, October 1943, mentioning a request to receive the "names of the murderers, directors of the camps", money transferred by a "messenger", the "uncles" (presumably sponsors of the rescue activities), news about digging a "cemetery" (extermination camps?) and more.
· An interesting letter to one Michael (presumably Rabbi Michael Weissmandl) from July 1944, referring to a "Matarah Nisgawah" (a sublime cause) which will cost the lives of many Jews, to the Auschwitz extermination camp and the Theresienstadt ghetto, and to a trip of 270 relatives of "Spinoza" and "Alfred S." to Palestine.
· A letter to Roswell McClelland (the representative of the War Refugee Board in Bern) from July 1945, concerning a package Schwalb attempted to send to acquaintances in one of the concentration or extermination camps (possibly after it had become a DP camp), detailing the content of the package (clothes, food, a sewing kit).
· And more.
The collection also contains about 85 letters, telegrams and documents from the mid and late 1940s, after the war, including receipts for funds transferred to leaders of Zionist movements, dozens of telegrams requesting aid for the survivors, financial documents, and more.
Nathan Schwalb (1908-2004) was born in Stanisławów (today Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine). In his youth, he joined the HeChalutz movement in Ukraine, immigrated to Palestine and became a member of Kibbutz Chulda. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, in 1939, he participated in the Zionist Congress in Geneva, and upon learning about the situation of the Jews in Europe, decided to stay in Geneva and offer whatever help he could. He was the representative of the World Center of the Hechalutz movement in Geneva, made efforts to raise funds, maintained hundreds of informers and contacts, and even took part in the attempts to organize the escape of Jews from Europe. Schwalb was later accused of favoring his acquaintances, members of his party and members of HeChalutz when allocating funds.
A total of approx. 155 documents and letters from the late 1930s and 1940s. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Enclosed: more than a hundred letters, documents and copies of documents from later periods in Schwalb's life (some of them personal and some related to his activity during the war); nine photographs.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
About 65 letters, documents and forms documenting the aid activities of Jacob and Yenta Stern, managers of a Jewish children's home in Langenbruck, for European Jews during the Holocaust. Switzerland, France and elsewhere, 1939-1943. German. Some French and Dutch.
Rabbi Jacob Stern and his wife Yenta escaped Nazi Germany to Switzerland. During the war, the couple managed a children's home in the Waldek hotel building in Langenbruck, Switzerland, which housed about 50 Jewish children from religious families who had escaped the Third Reich. This collection documents their attempts to assist Jews in Nazi-occupied countries.
The collection includes:
· Three receipts for food products sent to Belgium, issued by the customs and export authorities of Switzerland (with the surename "Auffenberg" noted in two of the receipts). September-October 1940.
· Seven letters concerning food packages and money sent to Dr. Julius Juer, a Jewish prisoner in the Gurs internment camp (southern France). Exchanged between Jacob Stern, the prisoner's wife in Nice and the owner of the Swiss department store "Warenhaus Brann", Julius Brann. November-December 1940.
· Nineteen letters, documents and forms concerning food packages and money sent to Marcus Kanarek, a Jewish prisoner in the Gurs internment camp. Exchanged between Jacob and Yenta Stern, the prisoner's daughter in Kaunas, his sister in New York and various financial institutions in Switzerland. 1941.
· Nine letters sent to Jacob Stern from various countries in Europe, requesting aid for Jews (two are written on postcards sent from Toulouse). 1940-1943.
· Twelve documents and forms issued by the Relico aid organization: five forms for ordering products, five payment vouchers, a letter and a list of products that can be ordered via Portugal.
· Eight letters, telegrams and greeting cards exchanged between Jacob Stern and his relatives (in Jerusalem, Warsaw and elsewhere), on the occasion of his engagement and marriage to Yenta Erlanger shortly before the outbreak of the war (one of the greetings is written on a photograph of the Sterns on their wedding day). 1939.
· And more.
Enclosed are several original envelopes. Two of them with Nazi Germany postal marks.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Rabbi Jacob Stern and his wife Yenta escaped Nazi Germany to Switzerland. During the war, the couple managed a children's home in the Waldek hotel building in Langenbruck, Switzerland, which housed about 50 Jewish children from religious families who had escaped the Third Reich. This collection documents their attempts to assist Jews in Nazi-occupied countries.
The collection includes:
· Three receipts for food products sent to Belgium, issued by the customs and export authorities of Switzerland (with the surename "Auffenberg" noted in two of the receipts). September-October 1940.
· Seven letters concerning food packages and money sent to Dr. Julius Juer, a Jewish prisoner in the Gurs internment camp (southern France). Exchanged between Jacob Stern, the prisoner's wife in Nice and the owner of the Swiss department store "Warenhaus Brann", Julius Brann. November-December 1940.
· Nineteen letters, documents and forms concerning food packages and money sent to Marcus Kanarek, a Jewish prisoner in the Gurs internment camp. Exchanged between Jacob and Yenta Stern, the prisoner's daughter in Kaunas, his sister in New York and various financial institutions in Switzerland. 1941.
· Nine letters sent to Jacob Stern from various countries in Europe, requesting aid for Jews (two are written on postcards sent from Toulouse). 1940-1943.
· Twelve documents and forms issued by the Relico aid organization: five forms for ordering products, five payment vouchers, a letter and a list of products that can be ordered via Portugal.
· Eight letters, telegrams and greeting cards exchanged between Jacob Stern and his relatives (in Jerusalem, Warsaw and elsewhere), on the occasion of his engagement and marriage to Yenta Erlanger shortly before the outbreak of the war (one of the greetings is written on a photograph of the Sterns on their wedding day). 1939.
· And more.
Enclosed are several original envelopes. Two of them with Nazi Germany postal marks.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $6,000
Unsold
A letter of protection, issued by the Spanish embassy in Budapest to a Jewish woman. Budapest, November 29, 1944. Hungarian.
Typescript letter, with details filled-in by hand and inked stamps of the Spanish embassy. The letter reads: "The Spanish Embassy hereby certifies that it has issued a protection letter no. 298/b to Mrs. Jénőné Unger [b. 1905] and she is therefore under the protection of the Embassy" (a spanyol követség ezennel igazolja, hogy Unger Jénőné részére a 298/b sz védlevelet kiadta, és igy ö a követség védelme alatt áll).
The letter was issued one day before the Spanish Ambassador in Budapest, Righteous among the Nations Ángel Sanz Briz, left the embassy by order of the government and moved to Switzerland. After his departure, the embassy was run by his assistant Giorgio Perlasca, who, although he had no official appointment, pretended to have been appointed Sanz Briz's deputy and issued thousands of forged protection documents for the Jews of Budapest.
This letter differs from the official protection letters issued by Sanz Briz before his departure: it is not printed on official letterhead, does not bear a passport picture of the owner, is not signed by Sanz Briz, and its phrasing is short and vague. Based on the date of issue and the improvised appearance of the letter, one may assume this is a forged letter of protection issued by Giorgio Perlasca after the closing of the embassy.
The database of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum lists a survivor from Budapest named Jénőné Unger who was born in 1905.
Giorgio Perlasca was recognized in 1989 as Righteous among the Nations for his efforts to save Jews.
Approx. 17X20 cm. Good condition. Fold lines, stains and minor blemishes. Small hole to intersection of fold lines. A long handwritten text (Hungarian) to margins and verso.
Typescript letter, with details filled-in by hand and inked stamps of the Spanish embassy. The letter reads: "The Spanish Embassy hereby certifies that it has issued a protection letter no. 298/b to Mrs. Jénőné Unger [b. 1905] and she is therefore under the protection of the Embassy" (a spanyol követség ezennel igazolja, hogy Unger Jénőné részére a 298/b sz védlevelet kiadta, és igy ö a követség védelme alatt áll).
The letter was issued one day before the Spanish Ambassador in Budapest, Righteous among the Nations Ángel Sanz Briz, left the embassy by order of the government and moved to Switzerland. After his departure, the embassy was run by his assistant Giorgio Perlasca, who, although he had no official appointment, pretended to have been appointed Sanz Briz's deputy and issued thousands of forged protection documents for the Jews of Budapest.
This letter differs from the official protection letters issued by Sanz Briz before his departure: it is not printed on official letterhead, does not bear a passport picture of the owner, is not signed by Sanz Briz, and its phrasing is short and vague. Based on the date of issue and the improvised appearance of the letter, one may assume this is a forged letter of protection issued by Giorgio Perlasca after the closing of the embassy.
The database of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum lists a survivor from Budapest named Jénőné Unger who was born in 1905.
Giorgio Perlasca was recognized in 1989 as Righteous among the Nations for his efforts to save Jews.
Approx. 17X20 cm. Good condition. Fold lines, stains and minor blemishes. Small hole to intersection of fold lines. A long handwritten text (Hungarian) to margins and verso.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Igazolás – an employment certificate issued to Miklós Herman by a road and railway construction company in Budapest (Kaltenecker Ferenc, ut- és vasút építési vállalkozó). Budapest, November 30, 1944. Hungarian.
Typescript certificate indicating that Miklós Herman is employed as a foreman in a company whose work is essential to the war effort. The certificate bears a passport photograph (stapled) and official inked stamps of the company; hand-signed by the supervisor.
On October 21, 1944, about one week after the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party came to power, the newly appointed Minister of Defense, Károly Beregfy, issued a special order requiring the draft of all the Jewish men aged 16-60 and all Jewish women aged 16-40 to Hungarian labour service units. Approximately 70,000 Jews from Budapest were sent to build the "South-East Wall" (Reichsschutzstellung), the system of fortifications planned by Nazi Germany with the intention of stopping the Red Army. The labor units worked under extremely harsh conditions; thousands died of exhaustion and many others died of starvation or disease.
Among the few groups who were granted exemption from labour service were Jews who worked in the armament industry. An official certificate of employment, such as this one, exempted its owner from forced labor, thus saving his or her life.
[1] leaf, approx. 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines, creases and minor wear. Minor stains. Tears and small holes to edges and fold lines. Pen notations on verso.
Typescript certificate indicating that Miklós Herman is employed as a foreman in a company whose work is essential to the war effort. The certificate bears a passport photograph (stapled) and official inked stamps of the company; hand-signed by the supervisor.
On October 21, 1944, about one week after the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party came to power, the newly appointed Minister of Defense, Károly Beregfy, issued a special order requiring the draft of all the Jewish men aged 16-60 and all Jewish women aged 16-40 to Hungarian labour service units. Approximately 70,000 Jews from Budapest were sent to build the "South-East Wall" (Reichsschutzstellung), the system of fortifications planned by Nazi Germany with the intention of stopping the Red Army. The labor units worked under extremely harsh conditions; thousands died of exhaustion and many others died of starvation or disease.
Among the few groups who were granted exemption from labour service were Jews who worked in the armament industry. An official certificate of employment, such as this one, exempted its owner from forced labor, thus saving his or her life.
[1] leaf, approx. 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines, creases and minor wear. Minor stains. Tears and small holes to edges and fold lines. Pen notations on verso.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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![Seven photographs of Polish Jews during the Holocaust. Poland (and elsewhere?), [ca. late 1930s or early 1940s]. Four of the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/219_1.jpg "Seven Photographs – Jews with Armbands – Poland During the Holocaust")
![Seven photographs of Polish Jews during the Holocaust. Poland (and elsewhere?), [ca. late 1930s or early 1940s]. Four of the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/219_2.jpg "Seven Photographs – Jews with Armbands – Poland During the Holocaust")
![Seven photographs of Polish Jews during the Holocaust. Poland (and elsewhere?), [ca. late 1930s or early 1940s]. Four of the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/219_3.jpg "Seven Photographs – Jews with Armbands – Poland During the Holocaust")
![Seven photographs of Polish Jews during the Holocaust. Poland (and elsewhere?), [ca. late 1930s or early 1940s]. Four of the](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/219_4.jpg "Seven Photographs – Jews with Armbands – Poland During the Holocaust")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Unsold
Seven photographs of Polish Jews during the Holocaust. Poland (and elsewhere?), [ca. late 1930s or early 1940s].
Four of the photographs are titled by hand on verso (German), indicating the location: two were taken in Warsaw, one in Kozienice and one in Poland (no town specified). One photograph stamped on verso "Photo-Glock, Karlsruhe".
6X6 cm to 9X6.5 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes.
Four of the photographs are titled by hand on verso (German), indicating the location: two were taken in Warsaw, one in Kozienice and one in Poland (no town specified). One photograph stamped on verso "Photo-Glock, Karlsruhe".
6X6 cm to 9X6.5 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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![Twenty-eight photographs documenting the Holocaust. Lodz, Dachau, Buchenwald and elsewhere. [Late 1930s to mid-1940s]. Most](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/220.jpg "Collection of Photographs Documenting the Holocaust – The Dachau and B")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Twenty-eight photographs documenting the Holocaust. Lodz, Dachau, Buchenwald and elsewhere. [Late 1930s to mid-1940s].
Most of the photographs are highly graphic and explicit, documenting the victims of the camps. Several of the photographs are signed and numbered in the plate, stamped on verso or with postcard divided backs. One photograph bears a typewritten caption on verso (Czech).
Enclosed: 21 photographs documenting the ruins of cities across Germany and the Western front – Berlin, Kassel, Brandenburg and elsewhere (possibly taken by an Allies soldier).
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Open tears to several photographs.
Most of the photographs are highly graphic and explicit, documenting the victims of the camps. Several of the photographs are signed and numbered in the plate, stamped on verso or with postcard divided backs. One photograph bears a typewritten caption on verso (Czech).
Enclosed: 21 photographs documenting the ruins of cities across Germany and the Western front – Berlin, Kassel, Brandenburg and elsewhere (possibly taken by an Allies soldier).
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Open tears to several photographs.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium
An album with about 50 photographs documenting the Theresienstadt Ghetto as witnessed by soldiers of the Red Army during its liberation. Theresienstadt, [May 1945; a few later or earlier photographs].
The Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the Nazis in 1941 near the town of Terezin in Czechoslovakia. It was run by the SS, the prisoners suffering from overcrowding, starvation, and disease. In preparation for a visit of an investigative commission of the International Red Cross, the Germans decided to turn Theresienstadt into a "model ghetto": stores, a coffee house, a bank and a school were opened, and gardens were planted in the ghetto. Later, a propaganda film (Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet) was made in the ghetto, screened for representatives of the Red Cross. Not long after the production was completed, most of the prisoners of the ghetto were deported to extermination camps.
This album documents the ghetto upon its liberation by the Red Army. The photographs depict survivors receiving first treatment in a yard, the victims as they were found after the liberation, the gallows, the graves, paper boxes with ashes of victims (some with name labels), the private swimming pool built by prisoners for the camp commander's children and more (many of the photographs are highly graphic and explicit).
Several photographs at the beginning and end of the album depict other people and events: portrait photographs of two of the camp commanders – Heinrich Jöckel and Stefan Rojko and photographs from a state funeral ceremony held for the victims in September 1945, attended by Jan Masaryk.
The photographs are mounted in the album. Most of them are captioned on printed notes (Czech). Several of the photographs in the album are found in the archive of the Czech photography agency ČTK, whose photographer Josef Vosolsobe visited the camp on May 9, 1945.
Approx. 13X8.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Size of album: approx. 32X23 cm. The leaves and some of the photographs are numbered by hand. Stains and small tears to edges of tissue guards. The binding is slightly worn.
The Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the Nazis in 1941 near the town of Terezin in Czechoslovakia. It was run by the SS, the prisoners suffering from overcrowding, starvation, and disease. In preparation for a visit of an investigative commission of the International Red Cross, the Germans decided to turn Theresienstadt into a "model ghetto": stores, a coffee house, a bank and a school were opened, and gardens were planted in the ghetto. Later, a propaganda film (Theresienstadt. Ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem jüdischen Siedlungsgebiet) was made in the ghetto, screened for representatives of the Red Cross. Not long after the production was completed, most of the prisoners of the ghetto were deported to extermination camps.
This album documents the ghetto upon its liberation by the Red Army. The photographs depict survivors receiving first treatment in a yard, the victims as they were found after the liberation, the gallows, the graves, paper boxes with ashes of victims (some with name labels), the private swimming pool built by prisoners for the camp commander's children and more (many of the photographs are highly graphic and explicit).
Several photographs at the beginning and end of the album depict other people and events: portrait photographs of two of the camp commanders – Heinrich Jöckel and Stefan Rojko and photographs from a state funeral ceremony held for the victims in September 1945, attended by Jan Masaryk.
The photographs are mounted in the album. Most of them are captioned on printed notes (Czech). Several of the photographs in the album are found in the archive of the Czech photography agency ČTK, whose photographer Josef Vosolsobe visited the camp on May 9, 1945.
Approx. 13X8.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Size of album: approx. 32X23 cm. The leaves and some of the photographs are numbered by hand. Stains and small tears to edges of tissue guards. The binding is slightly worn.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $800
Unsold
The Mass Extermination of Jews in German occupied Poland, Note addressed to the governments of the United Nations on December 10th, 1942, and other documents. London, New York and Melbourne: Hutchinson & Co., [December 1942/1943]. English.
A booklet issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Polish government-in-exile, considered the first official publication about the systematic extermination of Jews in Europe.
The main document published in this booklet is the note addressed by Edward Raczyński, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the governments of the United Nations, in which he reported in detail the horrors taking place in Poland – the massacres, the Aktions, the mass deportations to the extermination camps of Treblinka, Belzec, and Sobibor, and even the mass extermination in the gas chambers. Raczyński's report is based on documents smuggled from continental Europe by Jan Karski-Kozielski, a Polish resistance fighter who infiltrated an extermination camp and witnessed the Nazi atrocities.
The booklet also includes several short documents related to the mass extermination of the Jews: the joint declaration by member nations of the United Nations, confirming for the first time the information about the mass extermination of Jews: "the German authorities, not content with denying to persons of Jewish race in all the territories over which their barbarous rule has been extended, the most elementary human rights, are now carrying into effect Hitler's oft-repeated intention to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe […] those responsible for these crimes shall not escape retribution"; text of a broadcast by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in December 1942, urging the UN and the general public to acknowledge the tragedy occurring in Europe and take action; and several other documents.
16 pp., 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor creases to corners.
A booklet issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Polish government-in-exile, considered the first official publication about the systematic extermination of Jews in Europe.
The main document published in this booklet is the note addressed by Edward Raczyński, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the governments of the United Nations, in which he reported in detail the horrors taking place in Poland – the massacres, the Aktions, the mass deportations to the extermination camps of Treblinka, Belzec, and Sobibor, and even the mass extermination in the gas chambers. Raczyński's report is based on documents smuggled from continental Europe by Jan Karski-Kozielski, a Polish resistance fighter who infiltrated an extermination camp and witnessed the Nazi atrocities.
The booklet also includes several short documents related to the mass extermination of the Jews: the joint declaration by member nations of the United Nations, confirming for the first time the information about the mass extermination of Jews: "the German authorities, not content with denying to persons of Jewish race in all the territories over which their barbarous rule has been extended, the most elementary human rights, are now carrying into effect Hitler's oft-repeated intention to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe […] those responsible for these crimes shall not escape retribution"; text of a broadcast by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in December 1942, urging the UN and the general public to acknowledge the tragedy occurring in Europe and take action; and several other documents.
16 pp., 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor creases to corners.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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![Powstanie w ghetcie warszawskiem [The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising], by Bernard Mark. Moscow: Nakladem Zwiazku Patriotów Polskich w](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/223.jpg "\"The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising\" by Bernard Mark – Moscow, 1944 – Cover De")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
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Powstanie w ghetcie warszawskiem [The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising], by Bernard Mark. Moscow: Nakladem Zwiazku Patriotów Polskich w ZSRR, 1944. Polish.
This work, by Jewish historian Bernard Mark (1908-1966), is considered one of the first accounts of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the first such account officially published for the wide public. Original cover designed by Mieczysław Berman.
Mieczysław Berman (1903-1975), an influential artist and graphic designer, born in Warsaw, is known mainly for his political works, such as photomontages, posters and films. His works were displayed in prestigious galleries and museums in the world, including the Israel Museum ("Dada, Surrealism and Beyond", 2007).
70, [2] pp, approx. 16.5 cm. Some stains. Bookplate to inside front cover. Creases and minor blemishes to cover. Pen notation to back cover.
This work, by Jewish historian Bernard Mark (1908-1966), is considered one of the first accounts of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the first such account officially published for the wide public. Original cover designed by Mieczysław Berman.
Mieczysław Berman (1903-1975), an influential artist and graphic designer, born in Warsaw, is known mainly for his political works, such as photomontages, posters and films. His works were displayed in prestigious galleries and museums in the world, including the Israel Museum ("Dada, Surrealism and Beyond", 2007).
70, [2] pp, approx. 16.5 cm. Some stains. Bookplate to inside front cover. Creases and minor blemishes to cover. Pen notation to back cover.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Unsold
Report (carbon paper copy) made by the American Army, with a statement of the chief physician of the Mauthausen concentration camp, Dr. [Władysław] Czaplinski. [Germany?, Austria?, ca. 1945]. English.
The report, made by the American Counter Intelligence Corps (Army CIC), includes two parts: a detailed overview of the findings from the Untermaßfeld camp – a fortress that was turned into a detention center for 1500 prisoners of war (describing the physical condition of the prisoners, the harsh conditions of their imprisonment, their countries of origin and more); a detailed statement by Władysław Czaplinski (a prisoner at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp who served as chief physician there) with a review of the crimes in the camp, dates of deportations and mass executions, the number of victims, description of the methods of punishment and killing, documentation of the gas chambers operation in the camp and additional information.
[7] leaves, approx. 26.5 cm + a printed piece of paper (complementing the upper margin of one leaf). Good condition. Pinholes. Some creases and stains.
Enclosed: additional copy of one leaf of the report.
The report, made by the American Counter Intelligence Corps (Army CIC), includes two parts: a detailed overview of the findings from the Untermaßfeld camp – a fortress that was turned into a detention center for 1500 prisoners of war (describing the physical condition of the prisoners, the harsh conditions of their imprisonment, their countries of origin and more); a detailed statement by Władysław Czaplinski (a prisoner at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp who served as chief physician there) with a review of the crimes in the camp, dates of deportations and mass executions, the number of victims, description of the methods of punishment and killing, documentation of the gas chambers operation in the camp and additional information.
[7] leaves, approx. 26.5 cm + a printed piece of paper (complementing the upper margin of one leaf). Good condition. Pinholes. Some creases and stains.
Enclosed: additional copy of one leaf of the report.
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The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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