Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
July 19, 2022
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
"All Germans Surrender: Doenitz Announces Unconditional Capitulation, " extra edition of the Palestine Post. Jerusalem, May 7th, 1945. English.
Special edition of the Palestine Post, printed on May 7th, 1945, the day the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany was signed in Reims, France (the second of three instruments of surrender signed by German representatives, during late April and early May, 1945.)
The subheading repeats a report by the German Flensburg radio, according to which, the German president, Admiral Doenitz, "has ordered the unconditional surrender of all German fighting troops."
[1] f. (two printed pages), 61.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line. Tears to margins and along fold line (mostly minor).
Special edition of the Palestine Post, printed on May 7th, 1945, the day the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany was signed in Reims, France (the second of three instruments of surrender signed by German representatives, during late April and early May, 1945.)
The subheading repeats a report by the German Flensburg radio, according to which, the German president, Admiral Doenitz, "has ordered the unconditional surrender of all German fighting troops."
[1] f. (two printed pages), 61.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line. Tears to margins and along fold line (mostly minor).
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $800
Unsold
Collection of documents, chronicling the life of holocaust survivor Menashe (Moritz) Rotberg after the end of the war – interesting documentation of Betar's Hakhshara company in the displaced persons camp in Dorfen, attempts to locate relatives, and arrange reparations from the German authorities. Europe and Palestine: 1940s to 1990s. Yiddish, German, Hebrew, English, and other languages.
Included: • approximately 30 "orders, " written on official forms of Betar's company in the Dorfen DP camp (with signatures of the company's commander, inked stamp and the symbol of the seven-branched Menorah). 1947 (Yiddish, in Latin script.) • Handwritten notebook, containing a part of the aforementioned orders. 1947 (Yiddish, and some Hebrew.) • Photograph from the of the establishment of the company. Dedication on verso, dated to May 10, 1946. • Two UNRRA Immunization cards belonging to Menashe Rotberg, and his wife Mindla. 1947. • approximately 20 letters and documents, pertaining to attempts to locate Menashe's uncle, Hermann Rotberg (including negative answers with regards to the question of the uncle's whereabouts, received from the Joint, the Red Cross, the Belgian organization HISO, and other organizations), as well as attempts to receive reparations after it was established that Hermann perished during the war (1940s-1990s.) • Over 50 letters and documents of the correspondence between the Rotbergs and various German authorities, lawyers, and different organizations, regarding the couple's demand for reparations.
Approx. 100 paper items. Size and condition vary.
Included: • approximately 30 "orders, " written on official forms of Betar's company in the Dorfen DP camp (with signatures of the company's commander, inked stamp and the symbol of the seven-branched Menorah). 1947 (Yiddish, in Latin script.) • Handwritten notebook, containing a part of the aforementioned orders. 1947 (Yiddish, and some Hebrew.) • Photograph from the of the establishment of the company. Dedication on verso, dated to May 10, 1946. • Two UNRRA Immunization cards belonging to Menashe Rotberg, and his wife Mindla. 1947. • approximately 20 letters and documents, pertaining to attempts to locate Menashe's uncle, Hermann Rotberg (including negative answers with regards to the question of the uncle's whereabouts, received from the Joint, the Red Cross, the Belgian organization HISO, and other organizations), as well as attempts to receive reparations after it was established that Hermann perished during the war (1940s-1990s.) • Over 50 letters and documents of the correspondence between the Rotbergs and various German authorities, lawyers, and different organizations, regarding the couple's demand for reparations.
Approx. 100 paper items. Size and condition vary.
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