Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Antisemitic print depicting seven figures on an ascending and then descending staircase (a variation on the theme of the Stages of Life) – Emperor, nobleman, pastor, Jew, soldier and farmer. Beneath each figure is a saying representing its economic status. The Jew, who stands on the highest step, says: "I have to live on the profit".
25.5X34 cm. Fair condition. Mounted on card. Closed and open tears to edges. Creases and fold lines. Stains.
First English edition of the antisemitic pamphlet The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, describing a Jewish plan for global domination.
This edition was printed on private order by the translator, George Shanks, who chose to remain anonymous (his identity was not discovered until 1978).
[1], VI, 95 pp., approx. 21 cm. Missing wrappers. Good condition. Minor stains to leaves at beginning and end.
First American edition of the antisemitic pamphlet The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, describing a Jewish plan for global domination.
The translation is attributed to Boris Brasol. Brasol served in the Russian White Army and immigrated to the United States following the October Revolution. He was a member of the Russian anti-Semitic movement Black Hundreds.
[3] ff., 149 pp., approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Bookplate. Numbering (in pen) in margins of two pages. Original cloth binding, with a printed label, somewhat worn. Small scribble on label. Sticker on spine.
The International Jew. Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co., 1920-1922. Four volumes. English.
A series of antisemitic articles reprinted from The Dearborn Independent, the weekly newspaper owned by automobile magnate Henry Ford.
Vol I: The International Jew, The World’s Foremost Problem. 235 pp.
Vol. II: Jewish Activities in the United States. 255 pp.
Vol. III: Jewish Influences in American Life. 256 pp.
Vol. IV: Aspects of Jewish Power in the United States. 246 pp.
Original printed covers. 19 cm. Overall good condition. Minor stains and creases. Minor blemishes to covers. Spines of vols. I and III reinforced with acidic adhesive tape. Handwritten titles on spines of vols. I and II. A handwritten list of Jewish statesmen and personalities on the endpaper of vol. I.
Volumes placed in a slipcase.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, Gertrud Hoff of Ramat Gan; two identifying marks were added in order to mark out the bearer of the passport as a Jew: the letter J, stamped on the first page, and the name "Sara", added to her given name.
Stamped by the German Consulate in Jaffa (Deutsches Konsulat in Jaffa) and signed by the German Consul in Jaffa.
The German consulate in Jaffa was active during the years 1870-1917 and 1926-1939. It was administratively subject to the consulate in Jerusalem, but had certain independent authorities. Nazi Party member Timotheus Wurs (1874-1961) served as German consul in Jaffa between 1932 and 1939. At the same time, he served as director of the German Temple Society Bank (Bank der Tempelgesellschaft) in Jaffa.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Cover slightly worn.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, Marianne Friedländer of Wuppertal; stamped with the letter J for "Jude" (Jew).
The stamps in the passport document Marianne's escape, or attempt to escape, from Europe: American Immigration visa (issued by the American consulate in Stuttgart, 1938), confirmation from Dresdener Bank in Wuppertal (1939), exit stamp from the Frankfurt port (February 1939), and additional stamps.
A leaflet with instructions for German travelers attached to back cover.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Tear along spine, mended with acid-free tape. Sticker to front cover.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, Rosa Schneider of Vienna; two identifying marks were added in order to mark out the bearer of the passport as a Jew: the letter J, stamped on the first page, and the name "Sara", added to her given name (on p. 7, a stamp related to the addition of the name "Sara").
The stamps in the passport document a journey from Vienna to New York in February 1940: American immigration visa (issued in the consulate in Vienna); a one-time, Italian transit visa, for travel to New York on board the Conte di Savoia (issued in the consulate in Vienna); exit visa from Germany (Vienna); and Italian and German border-pass stamps.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, David Löwe of Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk); stamped with the letter J for "Jude" (Jew).
With two Polish stay permits (issued in Stanisławów, 1939).
Two leaflets with instructions for the passport holder attached to front cover.
30 pp. Missing last leaf and back cover. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Marginal tear to first leaf. Some stains.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, 15 year old Irene Stern of Nuremberg; stamped with the letter J for "Jude" (Jew).
The passport was never used.
Irene Stern is listed in the Database of Holocaust Survivor and Victim Names of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. Accorrding to the listing, she perished in Auschwitz.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, Berthold Ehrenberg of Schönsee (Bavaria); two identifying marks were added in order to mark out the bearer of the passport as a Jew: the letter J, stamped on the first page, and the name "Israel", added to his given name.
The stamps in the passport document Berthold's escape from Europe: tansit visa through Chile and an entry visa to Bolivia (issued in the consulates in Germany, 1939), exit stamp from Cuxhaven (June 1939), entry stamps to Chile and Bolivia (July 1939) and a permanent stay permit in Bolivia (1940).
All pages, except pp. 16-18 (bearing the Bolivian stay permit), are marked with a cancellation stamp.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Cover slightly worn. Tear along spine. Document stapled to back cover (issued on the same day as the passport).
1. Passport issued to Ida Helene Gelmann of Karlsruhe, 1933. With stamps documenting her journey to Palestine in March 1933 (postage stamp of the Adriatica shipping company on inside front cover).
2. Passport issued to Moses Eisner of Vienna, 1939. With stamps documenting his journey to the port of Dover, Great Britain, in May 1939.
3. Passport issued to Sara Schiff of Berlin, 1935. With stamps documenting her journey to the United States in 1940.
4. Passport issued to Isabella Schönberg of Prague, in 1939. With stamps documenting her journey to the port of Haifa in December 1939. Two identifying marks were added in order to mark out the bearer of the passport as a Jew: the letter J, stamped on the first page, and the name "Sara", added to her given name.
German alien passports (Fremdenpass) were first issued in Germany after World War I to refugees who fled the Soviet occupied territories to the west. When the Nazis rose to power, they were used, almost exclusively, for domestic travel, and only a few succeeded in leaving Germany using these passports.
Four passports: 28 pages, approx. 15 cm. Condition varies.
Two questionnaires used by German authorities to document medical personnel in territories occupied by the Germans in WWII. The questionnaires were issued to Chana Stern of Busk and Wolf Blaü of Nadvirna, both of them Jewish, and are stamped with a red Star of David.
4 pp in each questionnaire, approx. 31 cm. Good condition. Punch holes. Minor creases and tears to edges. Open tear to edge of one leaf (not affecting text).