17 membership cards, most of them issued by Zionist movements and organizations, which had belonged to Jewish refugees in Europe after the Holocaust. Germany, Poland and Romania, 1946-1950. Hebrew, German, Yiddish and other languages.
1. Membership card of the "Noar Chalutzi Meuchad" (United Pioneering Youth) movement in Germany. Braunschweig, 1946.
2. Membership card of the "'Mizrachi' and 'Torah VeAvodah' Federation in Poland – The central Committee in Lodz", 1946.
3-4. Two membership cards of the "Mizrachi-Torah VeAvodah" movement, Germany 1947.
5. Membership card of "Brit HaOvdim" (Alliance of Workers), the organization of workers of the Revisionist Movement. Iași, Romania, 1947.
6-7. Two membership cards of the "Poalei Zion-Hitachdut" party. Poland and the Deggendorf DP camp in Germany, 1947.
8. Membership card of the "HaShomer HaTzair" party in Germany. Föhrenwald DP camp, 1947.
9-10. Two membership cards in the name of Nachum Lenkin, 1946/47: "Betar certificate", the Eggenfelden DP camp in Germany; membership card of the United Revisionists Zionists in Germany.
11. Membership card of the "United Revisionists Zionists in Germany – Central committee". 1948.
12. Membership card of "The Association of Democratic Zionists 'Ichud' in Poland", Lodz, 1948.
13. Membership card of the "Revisionists Zionists in Germany – Center". The Heidenheim DP camp, Germany, 1949.
14-17. Four cards in the name of Sami (Zami) Feder, an actor, director and founder of the Kazet, Concentration Camp Theater, at the Bergen-Belzen DP camp – three membership cards of the Societe Mutualiste de Bendzin & Zaglembia and a membership card of the Jewish community of Munich.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

An elaborate certificate of appreciation, illustrated by Lazar (Eliezer) Berson, awarded by the refugee aid committee "Comité Dubouchage" in Nice. Nice (Southern France), 1946. Hebrew and French.
A printed certificate, hand-colored. In the center, below the inscription "Teudat Toda veRav Hesed LeHaAdon" (Certificate of appreciation), appears a dedication in French, dated 15.11.1946, to Max Blasberg, for assistance granted to "His brethren [the Jews] under enemy occupation". The certificate is signed by hand by Yaakov Doubinski and Lazar (Eliezer) Berson, "on behalf of the Jewish committee of Dubouchage in Nice" [Comité Dubouchage in Nice].
A lion supporting a pole is seen to the right of the dedication; on top of the pole is a round flag with a Star of David and a Menorah. around the dedication appear Illustrations symbolizing the atrocities which the Jews went through and the anticipated consolation: a bird of prey with a swastika around its neck attacking a Jew with its claws, memorial candles on the background of a Tallith, the Western Wall, Bat Zion sailing to the shores of Palestine, and the synagogue on Dubouchage street in Nice, where the Jewish committee that awarded this certificate held its activities. All of the above are surrounded by a frame decorated with a vegetal pattern and chains, and on the bottom, in two medallions, the year – "1944".
"Comité Dubouchage" was a relief organization for Jewish refugees active in Nice, in the south of France, in the early 1940s. The organization was founded and headed by merchant and activist Yaakov Doubinski. Together with Jewish Italian banker Angelo Donati and others, Doubinski was active in providing documents and residences for thousands of Jews from the Nice area.
Lazare (Eliezer) Berson (1882-1954) – who illustrated this certificate, is signed as secretary of the "Comité Dubouchage". Berson was born in Kupiškis (near Kovno), and studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. He arrived in London in 1914, and later founded there the "Ben Uri" gallery in order to exhibit and nurture Jewish art. His own art was often inspird by Jewish folk motifs. He left England for France in 1916, and passed away in Nice.
Printed on cardboard, 60.5X49 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and stains. Slightly browned margins. Small peelings and tears at margins.

A broadside issued by the "The Union of Rabbis in Austria A.Z. [American Zone], by the Central Jewish Committee". Mimeographed manuscript. Stamped with the official stamp of the Union. Salzburg, the eve of Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 1947.
A broadside issued by the Union of Rabbis in Austria, announcing the 20th of Sivan as a "day of repentance, prayer and charity and a fast until 13:30 by saying Selichot for the 20th of Sivan after the morning prayer, A.M. [Avinu Malkeinu] and Psalms" (Hebrew). The broadside announces the 20th of Sivan as the Yahrzeit for those of She'erit Hapletah whose relatives' death dates are unknown. Stamped with the official stamp of the "Union of Rabbis in central Austria – in Salzburg".
At the end of World War II, there was a disagreement among European rabbis as to whether to announce a special day to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. Among those objecting to the idea were the Rebbes of Gur and Belz, Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Halevi Soloveitchik and the Chazon Ish, who claimed that in our generation it is not permitted to announce a new permanent fast. The rabbis of Hungary and Austria announced the 20th of Sivan as a day of fast, claiming that this day had traditionally been a day of fasting among the Jews of Poland, commemorating the riots of 1648 (the Cossack riots).
[1] leaf, approx. 21X30 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and minor creases. Stains (slightly browned margins). Several tears to edges.

"To our friends in Palestine, from the children of the camps in Vienna", an album with 20 photographs. Vienna (several of the photographs are from elsewhere), 1947-1948.
The photographs, mounted on the leaves of the album and captioned by hand, mostly document students and teachers in Vienna after the Holocaust. One photograph depicts a circle of children holding hands, captioned (in Hebrew): "The Hebrew School in Vienna" (presumably, the Hebrew school managed by Eliyahu Rotenberg). The photographs depict Hebrew lessons, Jewish holidays (Purim, Passover and Shavuot), ceremony of flying doves for the safety of the fighters in the Israeli War of Independence, a flag of Israel hanging at the front of the school on the day of the establishment of the State of Israel, and more. Several photographs at the end of the album presumably document the students of the school on their way to immigrate to Palestine: children carrying bags and suitcases leaving the camp, a photograph taken on board of the SS HaTikvah, and more. One photograph is stamped on the margin with the stamp of the photographer Wolf Scharf and another photograph is stamped on verso with the stamp of the photographer Hans Gellner.
Approx. 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and minor blemishes to leaves and some photographs. One photograph is attached to front board with tape. Cloth-covered binding tied with string, with tears and blemishes.