Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Der Ahnenpass ["ancestor pass"]. Berlin: Standesamtswesen [civil registry office], [ca. 1937]. German.
A certificate documenting Aryan lineage, issued to a woman from the Dolák (nee Raubinek) family from Vienna.
The Ahnenpass was a passport-like document documenting the Aryan lineage of its owner, this due to the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, which determined that civil servants (and later also lawyers, teachers and physicians) could not be of Jewish origin.
This certificate documents members of the abovementioned family (dates of birth going back to 1820), including members of the families Berger, Bulius, Bittermann and Frank.
48 pp (only the first 13 pages were used), 20.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Original cover.
A certificate documenting Aryan lineage, issued to a woman from the Dolák (nee Raubinek) family from Vienna.
The Ahnenpass was a passport-like document documenting the Aryan lineage of its owner, this due to the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, which determined that civil servants (and later also lawyers, teachers and physicians) could not be of Jewish origin.
This certificate documents members of the abovementioned family (dates of birth going back to 1820), including members of the families Berger, Bulius, Bittermann and Frank.
48 pp (only the first 13 pages were used), 20.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Original cover.
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June 9, 2020
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Származási táblázat – a single leaf. Budapest: Állami Nyomda [State printing house], 1944. Hungarian.
A blank form, with a family tree, presumably meant to be filled in by workers of a certain institution. In the form, the "worker" is required to state his parents' and grandparents' origin and sign at its end – "I am a Jew" or "I am not considered a Jew".
A similar form is displayed at the exhibition "Szomszédaink voltak…" ["We had Neighbors…"], a virtual exhibition by the National Archives of Hungary commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary.
30X41.5 cm. Good condition. Slightly browned paper. Small tears. Fold lines.
A blank form, with a family tree, presumably meant to be filled in by workers of a certain institution. In the form, the "worker" is required to state his parents' and grandparents' origin and sign at its end – "I am a Jew" or "I am not considered a Jew".
A similar form is displayed at the exhibition "Szomszédaink voltak…" ["We had Neighbors…"], a virtual exhibition by the National Archives of Hungary commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary.
30X41.5 cm. Good condition. Slightly browned paper. Small tears. Fold lines.
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Deutsches Reich Kennkarte. An identity card issued to a Jewish woman by the Essen police. Essen, January 31, 1939.
An identity card of a Jewish woman, born in Essen in 1903, bearing the letter "J" both on its front and on its inside. The name Sarah was added to her name, in accordance with the 1938 Law on the Alteration of Family and Personal Names requiring German Jews bearing first names of “non-Jewish” origin to adopt an additional name: “Israel” for men and “Sara” for women. The day this certificate was issued – January 31, 1939 – was also the deadline for the alteration of names and adopting the names "Sarah" or "Israel".
14.5 cm. Good condition.
An identity card of a Jewish woman, born in Essen in 1903, bearing the letter "J" both on its front and on its inside. The name Sarah was added to her name, in accordance with the 1938 Law on the Alteration of Family and Personal Names requiring German Jews bearing first names of “non-Jewish” origin to adopt an additional name: “Israel” for men and “Sara” for women. The day this certificate was issued – January 31, 1939 – was also the deadline for the alteration of names and adopting the names "Sarah" or "Israel".
14.5 cm. Good condition.
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June 9, 2020
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Issue of the newspaper The Star, no. 44, CIXXIX. Guernsey, an island in the English Channel. April 10, 1943.
The front page features an article on the growing influence of Jews in the British government: "Jews Fasten Their Tentacles on Britain", a pseudo-historical survey of the Jewish invasion of British nobility, alongside an article presenting Germany's contribution to world culture.
Guernsey is situated in the English Channel, near the French coast. It is part of the territories of the Crown Dependency and is not part of the United Kingdom. It has no representation in the British parliament, but its foreign and security affairs are managed by Britain. During World War II the islands in the English Channel, including Guernsey, were under German Nazi occupation. Some of the islands' residents were transferred to German concentration camps, and a forced-labor camp was built on the island of Alderney.
"The Star", first printed in 1813, was one of the two newspapers printed on the island during the German occupation. The Germans imposed a harsh censorial regime on the newspaper editorial boards, eventually turning "The Star" into a mouthpiece of their regime. The newspaper's distribution dwindled during the later war years due to a lack of printing resources.
[4] pp. 51 cm. Good condition. Tears along the edges and the vertical fold line.
The front page features an article on the growing influence of Jews in the British government: "Jews Fasten Their Tentacles on Britain", a pseudo-historical survey of the Jewish invasion of British nobility, alongside an article presenting Germany's contribution to world culture.
Guernsey is situated in the English Channel, near the French coast. It is part of the territories of the Crown Dependency and is not part of the United Kingdom. It has no representation in the British parliament, but its foreign and security affairs are managed by Britain. During World War II the islands in the English Channel, including Guernsey, were under German Nazi occupation. Some of the islands' residents were transferred to German concentration camps, and a forced-labor camp was built on the island of Alderney.
"The Star", first printed in 1813, was one of the two newspapers printed on the island during the German occupation. The Germans imposed a harsh censorial regime on the newspaper editorial boards, eventually turning "The Star" into a mouthpiece of their regime. The newspaper's distribution dwindled during the later war years due to a lack of printing resources.
[4] pp. 51 cm. Good condition. Tears along the edges and the vertical fold line.
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June 9, 2020
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Four paper vouchers issued in the Lodz Ghetto by the Judenrat of the Lodz Ghetto – "Der Alteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". [Lodz, mid-1930s to ca. 1942].
1. Milch Karte [Milk Card], July 1935.
2. Zigaretten-Karte [Cigarette Card], May 1942.
3. Nahrungsmittel karte [Food Card], not dated.
4. Brot-Karte [Bread Card], not dated.
Size varies. Condition varies, fair to good. Wear, stains, creases and tears.
1. Milch Karte [Milk Card], July 1935.
2. Zigaretten-Karte [Cigarette Card], May 1942.
3. Nahrungsmittel karte [Food Card], not dated.
4. Brot-Karte [Bread Card], not dated.
Size varies. Condition varies, fair to good. Wear, stains, creases and tears.
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Three photographs documenting the ghetto in Łosice, Siedlce Region, Lublin District, Poland, 1942.
The three photographs are captioned by hand on verso: "Łosice" (Hobrew); one of the photographs is captioned "Siedlce St. during the deportation 1942" (Hebrew).
on the eve of World War II, approx. 2900 Jews lived in Łosice, constituting approx. three fourth of the town's population. In December 1940, the Jews of the town were assembled in the ghetto. Many Jews from the surrounding area were brought to the ghetto, and in May 1942, the number of people living in the ghetto reached approx. 6,000. Most of the residents of the ghetto were sent to the Treblinka extermination camo in August 1942.
6X6 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The three photographs are captioned by hand on verso: "Łosice" (Hobrew); one of the photographs is captioned "Siedlce St. during the deportation 1942" (Hebrew).
on the eve of World War II, approx. 2900 Jews lived in Łosice, constituting approx. three fourth of the town's population. In December 1940, the Jews of the town were assembled in the ghetto. Many Jews from the surrounding area were brought to the ghetto, and in May 1942, the number of people living in the ghetto reached approx. 6,000. Most of the residents of the ghetto were sent to the Treblinka extermination camo in August 1942.
6X6 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Protective letter [Schutzbrief] issued to a Jewish man, Ármin Grosz, by the Swiss Embassy in Budapest on 23.10.1944.
The letter is typewritten in German and Hungarian on the official stationery of the Department of Foreign Interests of the Swiss Embassy (Schweizerische Gesandtschaft, Abteilung für fremde Interessen), which was directed by the diplomat Carl Lutz, confirming that the name of its holder was included in a collective Swiss passport.
Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz (1895-1975) was appointed Swiss vice-consul in Budapest, in charge of foreign interests, in 1942. He worked to assist Jews in leaving Hungary, whose borders were still open; shortly before the occupation of Hungary by the Nazis he started issuing protective letters (Schutzpass) – an idea conceived by Miklos Moshe Krausz, director of the Palestine Office in Budapest – providing diplomatic protection to Jews who were candidates for immigration (the idea of protective letters was later adopted by other diplomats, saving tens of thousands of Jews). Lutz worked relentlessly to protect Hungarian Jews and remained in Budapest during the siege of the city. He returned to Switzerland only in 1945, after the occupation of Budapest by the Red Army. He was honored as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1965.
[1] leaf, 29.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Tears and minor creases.
The letter is typewritten in German and Hungarian on the official stationery of the Department of Foreign Interests of the Swiss Embassy (Schweizerische Gesandtschaft, Abteilung für fremde Interessen), which was directed by the diplomat Carl Lutz, confirming that the name of its holder was included in a collective Swiss passport.
Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz (1895-1975) was appointed Swiss vice-consul in Budapest, in charge of foreign interests, in 1942. He worked to assist Jews in leaving Hungary, whose borders were still open; shortly before the occupation of Hungary by the Nazis he started issuing protective letters (Schutzpass) – an idea conceived by Miklos Moshe Krausz, director of the Palestine Office in Budapest – providing diplomatic protection to Jews who were candidates for immigration (the idea of protective letters was later adopted by other diplomats, saving tens of thousands of Jews). Lutz worked relentlessly to protect Hungarian Jews and remained in Budapest during the siege of the city. He returned to Switzerland only in 1945, after the occupation of Budapest by the Red Army. He was honored as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1965.
[1] leaf, 29.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Tears and minor creases.
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June 9, 2020
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The Black Album. Tel-Aviv: The Anti-Nazi League, Series A, April 1940. Hebrew, English and French.
A complete postcard booklet holding ten postcards.
This booklet is a very early public visual documentation, maybe the first of its kind, of Nazi crimes on European soil, especially in Poland.
The Anti-Nazi League, which published the booklet in April 1940, aimed to set up "propaganda and publicity in Israel and abroad against the Nazi regime, the Nazi spirit and racial hate". These ideas have been realized in this booklet; not only in the photographs printed on the postcards, but also, and especially, in the introduction added by the anti-Nazi league members. Printed on the inside cover: "Hitlerism means return to the savagery of the dark Middle Ages. In Poland, the Jews are compelled to wear on their backs the yellow badge as reproduced on the envelope of the Black Album. The Black Album contains the first series of pictures disclosing Nazi atrocities in Poland. The Black Album gives a vivid description of the Nazi regime and its cruel systems. Everybody is hereby enabled to unmask Hitlerism by sending the post-cards of the Album to his friends and acquaintances all over the world". Similar words appear in the introduction: "… In Hitler's Germany, vast concentration camps have been established where Nazi sadists torture their unfortunate victims to an extent never before conceived by human imagination. In these camps of suffering and death, the prisoners, principally Jewish, are submitted to most cruel corporal and spiritual humiliation, to hard labor, starvation and severe molestation leading to aberration of the mind and death".
Each postcard is titled – "Death in Hitler's step", "Nazi hangmen at work", "One of the hundreds of victims in Poland", "Migration of nations into misery", "Nazi victims converted into ashes", and more – and is accompanied by captions specifying some of the methods of Nazi brutality and destruction which were publicly verified and published only years later: death of thousands from disease, cold and hunger; daily execution and hanging of bodies on gallows in central streets of Polish cities; slave labor; cleaning streets with mouths and hands; cremating bodies to ash, etc. The titles are in English. The introduction is in Hebrew and English. The captions are in Hebrew and French.
Booklet: 16.5X10.5 cm. Postcards: 14X10 cm. Good condition. Minor damage to cover and edge of one postcard. Stains to cover. A few stains inside booklet.
A complete postcard booklet holding ten postcards.
This booklet is a very early public visual documentation, maybe the first of its kind, of Nazi crimes on European soil, especially in Poland.
The Anti-Nazi League, which published the booklet in April 1940, aimed to set up "propaganda and publicity in Israel and abroad against the Nazi regime, the Nazi spirit and racial hate". These ideas have been realized in this booklet; not only in the photographs printed on the postcards, but also, and especially, in the introduction added by the anti-Nazi league members. Printed on the inside cover: "Hitlerism means return to the savagery of the dark Middle Ages. In Poland, the Jews are compelled to wear on their backs the yellow badge as reproduced on the envelope of the Black Album. The Black Album contains the first series of pictures disclosing Nazi atrocities in Poland. The Black Album gives a vivid description of the Nazi regime and its cruel systems. Everybody is hereby enabled to unmask Hitlerism by sending the post-cards of the Album to his friends and acquaintances all over the world". Similar words appear in the introduction: "… In Hitler's Germany, vast concentration camps have been established where Nazi sadists torture their unfortunate victims to an extent never before conceived by human imagination. In these camps of suffering and death, the prisoners, principally Jewish, are submitted to most cruel corporal and spiritual humiliation, to hard labor, starvation and severe molestation leading to aberration of the mind and death".
Each postcard is titled – "Death in Hitler's step", "Nazi hangmen at work", "One of the hundreds of victims in Poland", "Migration of nations into misery", "Nazi victims converted into ashes", and more – and is accompanied by captions specifying some of the methods of Nazi brutality and destruction which were publicly verified and published only years later: death of thousands from disease, cold and hunger; daily execution and hanging of bodies on gallows in central streets of Polish cities; slave labor; cleaning streets with mouths and hands; cremating bodies to ash, etc. The titles are in English. The introduction is in Hebrew and English. The captions are in Hebrew and French.
Booklet: 16.5X10.5 cm. Postcards: 14X10 cm. Good condition. Minor damage to cover and edge of one postcard. Stains to cover. A few stains inside booklet.
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Collection of labels and paper items – fund-raisers for European Jewry. Palestine, [1940s].
1. Printed ticket given for a donation on "the day the synagogues and seminaries in Germany were burnt" (the anniversary of "Kristallnacht"), by the fundraising drive for the "Kol Torah" Yeshiva in Jerusalem, [1942].
2. Folded brochure, issued by "The Enterprise of Bringing Jewish Children to Palestine" of the national committee of Keren Hayesod, featuring examples of letters sent by children to Henrietta Szold and a letter she wrote to Jewish children, thanking them for donating their Hanukkah money to the immigration enterprise. [1943].
3. Paper label, "a petition of the Yishuv" (Hebrew), 15.6.1943.
4-6. Three paper labels, "We will not forget thee, Diaspora", "Diaspora, by your blood we live", "The Jewish Yishuv will be the savior of our people".
7. Paper label, "For Saving the Surviving Remnant", with the original stub – confirmation of a donation of 250 Mils to "Magbit Hahitgaysut VeHahatzala" (Mobilization and Rescue Fund).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Some stains.
1. Printed ticket given for a donation on "the day the synagogues and seminaries in Germany were burnt" (the anniversary of "Kristallnacht"), by the fundraising drive for the "Kol Torah" Yeshiva in Jerusalem, [1942].
2. Folded brochure, issued by "The Enterprise of Bringing Jewish Children to Palestine" of the national committee of Keren Hayesod, featuring examples of letters sent by children to Henrietta Szold and a letter she wrote to Jewish children, thanking them for donating their Hanukkah money to the immigration enterprise. [1943].
3. Paper label, "a petition of the Yishuv" (Hebrew), 15.6.1943.
4-6. Three paper labels, "We will not forget thee, Diaspora", "Diaspora, by your blood we live", "The Jewish Yishuv will be the savior of our people".
7. Paper label, "For Saving the Surviving Remnant", with the original stub – confirmation of a donation of 250 Mils to "Magbit Hahitgaysut VeHahatzala" (Mobilization and Rescue Fund).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Some stains.
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"The Day of Fast, Prayer and Cry for Saving the Remnants of the Jewish People from Extermination by the Nazis" (Hebrew), A broadside (mimeographed manuscript), issued by the Chief Rabbinate of Haifa, the 14th of Sivan (June), 1944.
The broadside details the "prayer and memorial service" conducted at the central synagogue in Hadar Carmel. Gilad St. The memorial day's agenda included a mandatory fast for every man and woman above the age of 18 years, sitting in silence on the ground for five minutes, "to mourn the holy and pure… who were cruelly killed and murdered in sanctification of G-d's Name" (Hebrew), prayers and blowing of the Shofar.
16X20.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Fold lines. Some stains and creases. A few small tears along the edges. Unrelated text printed on verso.
The broadside details the "prayer and memorial service" conducted at the central synagogue in Hadar Carmel. Gilad St. The memorial day's agenda included a mandatory fast for every man and woman above the age of 18 years, sitting in silence on the ground for five minutes, "to mourn the holy and pure… who were cruelly killed and murdered in sanctification of G-d's Name" (Hebrew), prayers and blowing of the Shofar.
16X20.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Fold lines. Some stains and creases. A few small tears along the edges. Unrelated text printed on verso.
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"Special Addition" Issue of the "Yedioth Ahronoth" newspaper. Tel-Aviv-Haifa, May 7, 1945.
An issue (single leaf) announcing the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany: "Dönitz has announced that Germany is unconditionally surrendering to the Allies. The fire has ceased. Churchill called Stalin and Truman: peace will be declared tonight" (Hebrew).
The military surrender agreement was signed on the day this issue was published; presumably this is one of the first publications in Palestine announcing the end of the war.
33 cm leaf. Good condition. Fold lines. Tears and minor creases. A few ink stains from the printing process.
An issue (single leaf) announcing the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany: "Dönitz has announced that Germany is unconditionally surrendering to the Allies. The fire has ceased. Churchill called Stalin and Truman: peace will be declared tonight" (Hebrew).
The military surrender agreement was signed on the day this issue was published; presumably this is one of the first publications in Palestine announcing the end of the war.
33 cm leaf. Good condition. Fold lines. Tears and minor creases. A few ink stains from the printing process.
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Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah
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June 9, 2020
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Szlakiem krwi i łez, wspomnienia i przeżycia z wojny polsko-niemieckiej, X. Leon Łomiński [Trail of blood and tears, memories and experiences of the Polish-German war, by Leon Łomiński]. Jerusalem: Gesher, 1941. Polish.
Memoir of a Polish priest who joined the Polish army with the outbreak of World War II, after Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Priest Luminsky, born in 1891, studied Christian Archeology at the Lublin University; after years of serving as a community priest, he joined the Polish army and served as a military priest. This book describes his military service and includes several photographs.
The book was published in Jerusalem, to which Luminsky presumably came as a war-refugee, in 1940 or 1941.
[6], 180, [2] pp. + [15] photographic plates, 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. The book is slightly distorted (soft binding). Some small tears to binding; missing pieces in the spine. Pencil notations in several places in the book.
Memoir of a Polish priest who joined the Polish army with the outbreak of World War II, after Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Priest Luminsky, born in 1891, studied Christian Archeology at the Lublin University; after years of serving as a community priest, he joined the Polish army and served as a military priest. This book describes his military service and includes several photographs.
The book was published in Jerusalem, to which Luminsky presumably came as a war-refugee, in 1940 or 1941.
[6], 180, [2] pp. + [15] photographic plates, 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. The book is slightly distorted (soft binding). Some small tears to binding; missing pieces in the spine. Pencil notations in several places in the book.
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