Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Three Postcards – Pogroms and Riots

Opening: $150
Unsold
1. "Bilder fun dem pogromirten bobroysker gegent". Postcard with a photograph of two orphans who survived the riots in Babruysk (Belarus), with two nurses. Published by Comité Executif de la Conference Universelle Juive de Secours [executive committee of the universal Jewish emergency conference], Paris, [ca. 1920]. Printed on the bottom and on verso is an appeal for donations, in Yiddish, French and English.
2. "Martyrs of Tel Aviv 1929". A real-photo postcard by H. Aroshkes [Zvi Oron], portraying bodies of two victims in the Tel Aviv riots – [Baruch] Berkovich and Dr. [Moshe] Harari. Titled in the plate and stamped on the back with photographer's stamp.
3. "Starving children in Berdinsk". Printed card with a photograph of a group of starving children and an appeal: "Jewish children! Look at your small friends […] ask your parents to pity them […]". No publisher or date indicated.
Size varies. Good overall condition.
Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card
Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card