Two Nazi maps of Lodz (Litzmannstadt) from World War II and a map of the "Nazi crimes in Poland" from 1968. Germany and Poland, 1942-1968. German and other languages.
1. Plan von Litzmannstadt mit Strassenverzeichnis [Map of Litzmannstadt with Street index], by Erwin Thiem. Lodz: S. Spiegelt, 1942. German. Scale: 1: 20000.
A large map of Lodz. On verso is a comprehensive, alphabetically ordered, list of all street names throughout the city. The area of the Jewish Ghetto has been erased of street-names and replaced by a series of letters or numbers (small portion in white, in central upper area of map).
Approx. 70X94 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Minor stains. Small tears (mainly along the fold lines).
2. Deutsche Heereskarte – Litzmannstadt [Map of the German Army – Litzmannstadt]. [Berlin]: OKH / GenStdH (Chef des Kriegskarten- und Vermessungswesens) [The General Staff of the Ground Forces of the German Army, Mapping and Measurement Department], 1944. German. Scale: 1: 300000.
A third edition of the map of Lodz and its surroundings (published for the first time in 1941). Printed, presumably, for the general staff of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). On top of the map it is indicated that it was intended for military use only.
56X50 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes to margins.
3. Nazi Crimes in Poland in the Years 1939-1945, a map edited by Jan Laskowski. Warsaw: Polskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych, 1968. Scale: 1: 1500000. Polish, Russian, French, English and German.
A map depicting the Nazi crimes in Poland. It shows the precise location of each camp, number of prisoners, extermination camps, concentration and labor camps, mass tombs of Polish and Russian prisoners of war, numbers of executed, and more. It was edited for the Council for Protection of Fight and Martyrdom Monuments and is based on documents of the Central Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland.
47X58 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Stains, tears and minor blemishes (mainly to margins and along the fold lines).

Eight broadsides and paper items related to the assistance of the Yishuv in Palestine to the Jews of Europe during the Holocaust. Palestine, early 1940s.
* "Petition of the children of Palestine…" (Hebrew), signed by three children from the "Tachkemoni" school of Jerusalem. June 1943. * Blank form, "Petition of the Yishuv…" (Hebrew) + a small band to wear on one's clothes – "Statutory holiday – Petition of the Yishuv" (Hebrew). June 1943. * Broadside "To our brothers and sisters in Tel-Aviv!" (Hebrew), about the atrocities and the mass murder of the Jews of Europe. * Broadside - "The People of Israel in Their Homeland" (Hebrew) issued by the New Zionist Organization in Palestine, about the destruction of European Jewry. * Broadside "To the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine!" (Hebrew) issued by the United Committee for Aiding the Jews of Poland, about the fundraising campaign of 1941-1942 for the refugees of Poland. * Printed sign: "Jew beware! German products are sold here" (Hebrew). * Printed leaflet about "The clothing enterprise of the United Committee for Aiding the Jews of Poland" (Hebrew).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Bulletin, the Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. [Jerusalem], February 1946. Mimeographed typescript.
The issue contains articles about the fate of the Jews during the Holocaust and information about the state of She'erit Hapletah in Europe after the Holocaust: "A Letter from Vilnius", "From a Letter about the State of the Jews of Poland", "The State of the Jews in Vienna after the War", "The State of the Jewish Refugees Coming to Austria", "A Story by a Member of the Jewish Underground Organization in France, who was in the Glinice camp" and more.
[1] leaf, 13 pp, 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing (many stains on some of the leaves). Fold lines. Creases to margins. Several pinholes to the first two leaves. The first leaf is detached.

Der Bericht des Jüdischen Rettungskomitees aus Budapest 1942-1945, Vorgelegt von Dr. Rezsö Kasztner [The report of the Jewish Rescue Committee in Budapest 1942-1945, Submitted by Dr. Rezsö Kasztner] [Switzerland or Budapest?]: Vaadat Ezra Vö-Hazalah Bö Budapest, [1946]. German.
Report (mimeographed typescript) on the activity of the Jewish Aid and Rescue Committee in Budapest during World War II, submitted by Rezsö (Israel) Kastner to the first Zionist congress after the Holocaust in Basel, 1946. Classified "Confidential" on the top of the cover.
The report was written by Kastner shortly after World War II and it contains an extensive description of the events of the Holocaust in Hungary, a review of the activity of the Jewish Aid and Rescue Committee and a documentation of the efforts to organize the departure of the "Rescue Train" from Hungary to Switzerland. Appearing at the end of the report are several copies of affidavits and letters of recommendation in favor of Kastner, describing his activity for the Jews of Hungary and the financial help he gave the Jews of the Theresienstadt Ghetto.
The report aided Kastner's acquittal after a court decision in 1955 stated that "Kastner sold his soul to the devil" and collaborated with the Nazis and after he was assassinated in Tel-Aviv in March 1957. The report was translated to Hebrew and published in the early 1980s by the "Society for the Commemoration of Israel Kastner".
[1], XIII, 191, [6] leaves, approx. 30 cm. Bound with a string. Good condition. Stains. A few creases and small tears to the margins. Tears and blemishes to cover.