Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Envelopes, Postcards, and Permits from the Holocaust Period – Official Inked Stamps of the Prague Judenrat
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Sold for: $275
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24 letter envelopes, postcards, and permits marked with the inked stamps of the "Altestenrat der Juden in Prag" – the Jewish Council of Elders [or Judenrat] of Prague – and additional inked stamps of the appointed leadership of the Jewish community at the time of the Holocaust. Prague, 1940-44. German and Czech.
1-2. Two work permits issued to Olga Beran by the Judenrat of Prague – a onetime permit dated September 10, 1943, allowing Beran to move about undisturbed during the hours of the nighttime curfew, and the identity card of a permanent employee of the Prague Judenrat, issued June 30, 1944.
3-7. Five letters written on postcards (three handwritten and two typewritten) mailed from Prague in the years 1941-44. Two of the letters are addressed to the head of the Gettoverwaltung – Jewish Ghetto Administration – of the Lodz Ghetto, requesting information regarding family and relatives, and bear the official inked stamps of the administrative department. One of the letters was mailed to the United States.
8-24. Seventeen letter envelopes marked with the inked stamps of the Judenrat of Prague. Sent from Prague to New York, Zurich, Chile, and various destinations in what is today the Czech Republic. 1940-43.
Three of the items bear the inked stamps of Jewish leadership of the Ghetto; two are marked "Jüdische Kultus Gemeinde Prag" and one is stamped "Altestenrat der Juden fuer prot. Bohemen – Maehren."
In addition to the inked stamps of the Jewish leadership, the envelopes have the inked stamps of the High Command of the Wehrmacht ("OKW – Oberkommando der Wehrmacht"), the official censor and other agencies, and the postage stamps of the Third Reich and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Also enclosed: A letter envelope marked with the inked stamp of the Venusberg forced labor camp – a subsidiary of the Flossenbürg concentration camp – whose prisoners, among them roughly 1,000 Jewish women, were put to slave labor producing airplane parts at the local Junkers factory. With a postmark dated July 27, 1944, and a postage stamp of the Third Reich.
Varying sizes and condition. Overall good condition.
1-2. Two work permits issued to Olga Beran by the Judenrat of Prague – a onetime permit dated September 10, 1943, allowing Beran to move about undisturbed during the hours of the nighttime curfew, and the identity card of a permanent employee of the Prague Judenrat, issued June 30, 1944.
3-7. Five letters written on postcards (three handwritten and two typewritten) mailed from Prague in the years 1941-44. Two of the letters are addressed to the head of the Gettoverwaltung – Jewish Ghetto Administration – of the Lodz Ghetto, requesting information regarding family and relatives, and bear the official inked stamps of the administrative department. One of the letters was mailed to the United States.
8-24. Seventeen letter envelopes marked with the inked stamps of the Judenrat of Prague. Sent from Prague to New York, Zurich, Chile, and various destinations in what is today the Czech Republic. 1940-43.
Three of the items bear the inked stamps of Jewish leadership of the Ghetto; two are marked "Jüdische Kultus Gemeinde Prag" and one is stamped "Altestenrat der Juden fuer prot. Bohemen – Maehren."
In addition to the inked stamps of the Jewish leadership, the envelopes have the inked stamps of the High Command of the Wehrmacht ("OKW – Oberkommando der Wehrmacht"), the official censor and other agencies, and the postage stamps of the Third Reich and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Also enclosed: A letter envelope marked with the inked stamp of the Venusberg forced labor camp – a subsidiary of the Flossenbürg concentration camp – whose prisoners, among them roughly 1,000 Jewish women, were put to slave labor producing airplane parts at the local Junkers factory. With a postmark dated July 27, 1944, and a postage stamp of the Third Reich.
Varying sizes and condition. Overall good condition.
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