Le Procès Zola, Devant la Cour d'Assises de la Seine et la Cour de Cassation… et Documents Annexes [The Trial of Zola, The Assize Court of the Seine and the Appeals Court… and Appendices]. Paris: P. -V. Stock, 1898, French. Two parts in one volume.
This book contains the original protocols and other documents of the libel trial of Émile Zola, which was held in the Assize Court of the Seine (in February 1898) and in the Appeals Court (in April 1898). Émile Zola's letters to the President of the Republic and to the Minister of War are printed at the beginning of the book. The protocols of the debates and questioning , the speeches of the prosecution, the speeches of the defense, and the sentence appear on subsequent pages, together with several documents connected to the Dreyfus Affair (the open letter of Count Casella, the indictment of Alfred Dreyfus, and reports of commanding officers in the army). At the end of the book appear six plates (some of them folded) with facsimiles of handwritten evidence: two letters of the officer Ferdinand Esterhazy (who later turned out to be the real spy), as well as a letter, comments, and notes by Alfred Dreyfus.
Émile Zola was put on trial for libel against high-ranking officials of the government and the army after he published "J'Accuse," his famous open letter in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, in the newspaper L'Aurore. The court found Zola guilty and sentenced him to prison and a fine. Following the sentence, Zola fled to England, where he lived for almost a year until he was permitted to return to France.
[1], 554; [2], 544 pp. + [6] plates, approx. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Blemishes, tears, and creases at the edges of some leaves. The first title page has a tear repaired with tape along its width, and partially restored open tears at the edges. A note on top of the first title page and markings in ink and pencil in the margins of some of the paragraphs. The binding is slightly damaged.

Album fun Beilis Process [Beilis Trial Album]. Warsaw, 1913. Yiddish and Russian.
Small album, documenting through photographs the life of Mendel Beilis and the trial against him and the people involved, among them the victim, the judges, the witnesses, lawyers and more. Each photograph is titled in Yiddish and in Russian.
Menachem Mendel Beilis was accused of murdering in April 1911 a Ukrainian Christian boy by the name of Andrei Yushichinsky to use his blood to prepare Matzahs for Passover. Beilis was arrested on the basis of a false testimony and his trial commenced in September 1913. On the background of the "murder" and the trial, a vicious campaign was launched against the Jews. After nearly three years in prison, on November 10, 1913, Beilis was acquitted. In 1917, following the Revolution, an investigation committee was appointed and its findings revealed that the authorities were well aware of the true circumstances and facts and staged the trial for anti-Semitic reasons. This album was printed when Beilis was acquitted and the last photograph portrays Beilis with his family.
[13] leaves, 14.5X11 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Creases. A small hole at the top pf all of the leaves. Tears and open tears to cover. Paper label on front cover. Pen inscription on inside front cover.

Poster issued by the Organization of General Zionists – Haifa, Group of Immigrants from Western Europe – An invitation to a people’s assembly at Beit ha-Halutzot on July 6, 1938, about the Austrian Expulsion. Haifa: H. Meisler. Hebrew and German.
Invitation to a people’s assembly that took place following the expulsion of Austrian Jewry after the anschluss (annexation) in March 1938. The speakers at the assembly: Anita Miller-Cohen, attorney Shoham Finkelstein and attorney Ya’akov Klibanov.
31X48 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Minor stains and creases. A handwritten note on the poster. Several tears at the edges, most of them reinforced with tape.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.

Twelve letters that document the transfer of merchandise from Nazi Germany to Palestine as part of the Transfer Agreement. Tel-Aviv, Berlin and other cities in Germany, 1938-1939. German and Hebrew.
The Transfer Agreement was signed in 1933 between the government of Nazi Germany and the Jewish Agency, with the aim of transferring the possessions and capital of Germany's Jews to Palestine. The agreement caused a major conflict in the Jewish community in Palestine and in the Diaspora, related among other things to the moral propriety of negotiating with the Nazis and the economic gain to be derived therefrom. Under the agreement, German-Jewish property owners deposited their money with one of three brokers (the Hanotea company, the Anglo-Palestine Company, or Haavara), which gave it to companies in Palestine with the promise that it would be used to purchase German goods only. After the Jewish property owners immigrated to Palestine, they received two-thirds of their original capital.
The letters in this collection document the transfer of funds to the Palestinian company Ein ha-Keshet (via Haavara), as well as several purchases that the company made from manufacturers in Nazi Germany. The collection includes: • Four letters that were sent from Haavara to Ein ha-Keshet company (forms filled out using a typewriter), reporting funds that were transferred to the company (the letters contain the names of the Jews from whose accounts the funds were taken). Hebrew. • A letter and account statement, typewritten on the official stationery of the German company Preußische Bergwerks- und Hütten-Aktiengesellschaft, which were sent to Ein ha-Keshet after the purchase of various items. German. • Five letters, typewritten on the official stationery of the German insurance company Allianz und Stuttgarter Verein, which were sent to Ein ha-Keshet about merchandise that was damaged in transit to Palestine. German. • A letter, typewritten on the official stationery of Beit & Co. Hamburg, discussing the possibility of a new business relationship. German.
The documents are approx. 28-30 cm. Condition varies. Overall good–fair condition. Stains, creases, fold marks and filing holes. Tears and open tears at the edges (most of them minor).