Online Auction 010 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Trilingual Poster – Municipal Decree Regarding Refugees – Vilnius, 1941 / "Battle Leaf" Issued by the Wehrmacht, July 1944

Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
1. Bekanntmachtung Nr. 19 des Buergermeisters der Stadt Wilna [Notice no. 19, Mayor of Vilnius]. Vilnius, Lithuania, 1941. German, Lithuanian and Polish.
Broadside issued on August 22,1941 (three months after the occupation of Vilnius by the Germans) ordering the refugees who arrived in the town after September 1,1939, and who did not get a Lithuanian citizenship until June 1940, to register in the municipal offices. The broadside also calls all of Vilnius residents to register in the police headquarters in their neighborhood and get an identity card. At the end, the broadside states that the decree does not apply to Jews. A trilingual broadside, printed in three columns.
31.5X47 cm. Fair-good condition. Foxing. Stains. Tears, small open tears, dark and fragile leaf.
2. Mitteilungen für die Truppe. "Battle leaf" issued by the central command of the Wehrmacht, July 1944 (after "Operation Overlord" and the occupation of Normandy). German.
20X28.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears. Small open tears. Stains. Mold stains.
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPleta
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPleta