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
Nazi Passport Issued to a German-Jewish Woman – Stamped with the Letter J – With Stamps Documenting Immigration to Palestine on Board the "Galilea", September-October, 1939
Opening: $100
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Deutches Reich Reisepass, a passport issued in Nazi Germany for a Jewish woman. Würzburg: August, 1939 (stamps dated to October-November, 1939).
First pages contain the personal details of the bearer of the passport, Karola Neumann of Würzburg; 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, " which was consistently added to her given name throughout the document.
The stamps in the passport document Karola's journey to Palestine, on which she embarked after the beginning of the war. The passport contains: two German exit visas (the earlier one with a cancellation stamp); entry visa to Italy, with mention of the "Galilea, " the ship on board which Karola was meant to cross the Mediterranean to Palestine; stamps from the border crossing between Germany and Italy, dated 14 November, 1939; British entry visa to Palestine (issued by the consulate in Rome), and an entry stamp from the Haifa Port, dated 21 November, 1939.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Marginal tears (some open), repaired. Missing cover (leaves re-bound with thread).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
First pages contain the personal details of the bearer of the passport, Karola Neumann of Würzburg; 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, " which was consistently added to her given name throughout the document.
The stamps in the passport document Karola's journey to Palestine, on which she embarked after the beginning of the war. The passport contains: two German exit visas (the earlier one with a cancellation stamp); entry visa to Italy, with mention of the "Galilea, " the ship on board which Karola was meant to cross the Mediterranean to Palestine; stamps from the border crossing between Germany and Italy, dated 14 November, 1939; British entry visa to Palestine (issued by the consulate in Rome), and an entry stamp from the Haifa Port, dated 21 November, 1939.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Marginal tears (some open), repaired. Missing cover (leaves re-bound with thread).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Hebrew Printing and Jewish Communities in Europe
Hebrew Printing and Jewish Communities in Europe