[W.W.II] [Auschwitz] Archive of Original WWII German Concentration camp Letters mailed from Auschwitz by prisoners. As soon as the Nazis rose to power in Germany, Jews and other minority groups were cruelly persecuted. What started out as stripping of rights, dispossession, abuse, humiliation and starvation turned, in June 1941, into.....
Three important writings from the first half of the 20th century on Zionism and the founding of the state of Israel. These documents chronicle some of the earliest support for establishing a Jewish state in Palestine and the growing Zionist movement as anti-Semitism spread in Europe between World War I......
Important Anti-Nazi Document Exposing Atrocities in 1936, Issued by Editorial Board of the Committee on Justice for Victims of Nazism. "Facts on Nazi Germany". Number Three, October 15, 1936. 63 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The document has some marginalia and some underlined portions in pencil. 11 mimeograph pages, 8.5.....
Collection on militant Jewish activism during World War II. All in good to very good condition. Includes a recruiting pamphlet for the Jewish Brigade, a photograph showing the Jewish Brigade in military uniform, including both men and women, and a pamphlet in polish on the Warsaw Uprising from 1944: Jewish.....
Wallenberg, Raoul. Rare Wallenberg Swiss Embassy Protective Document. Single page typed document on letterhead of the Swiss Embassy, Department for Foreign Interests, 8" x 11.5". Represents a piece of official documentation which was from a larger group of Wallenberg Schutz-Pass protective documents. Dated "October 23, 1944" with the official red.....
Archive of 10 illustrated Newspapers related to the Dreyfus Affair. December 1894-October 1899. French and Italian. Measure 18 x 12.5 inches. The archive includes 8 issues from French newspaper Le Petit Journal, 1 issue from French newspaper La Depeche, and 1 issue from Italian newspaper, La Tribuna Illustrata. Alfred Dreyfus.....
The Holocaust archive contains two handwritten letters from June 25, 1944 and August 10, 1944. 7.25" x 5.25." The letters were sent from a Polish prisoner of Auschwitz named Anton Wojcieszak to Helena Walewska (?) in 1943 and to his wife Walli Wojcieszak in 1944. In 1942, Auschwitz became the.....
Russian-born French artist. Chagall created a genre virtually his own with his lively, large-scale renderings of Russian village life, as filtered through the prism of Yiddish folklore, and his illustrations of folk tales and Bible stories. Typed Letter Signed, dated December 6, 1973, 1 page, 8 x 11", on "La.....
TLS signed “B. M. B.,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, personal letterhead, August 21, 1962. Letter to Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, who had overseen the Manhattan Project during World War II. In part: "That was a particularly gracious and heartwarming letter you sent to note my birthday. I do.....
La Revision Du Proces Dreyfus a La Cour de Cassation. Compte Rendu stenographique "in extenso". 1898. Paris: P.V. Stockm Editeur (ancienne Librarie Tresse et Stock). 9,10,11,12 Galerie Du Theatre-Francais, Palasi-Royal. First Edition. Small octavo. 271 pages. Publisher's original wrappers. Comprehensive documentation of the debates and inquiries conducted by the French.....
The first prime minister of Israel and its leading personality during the first 15 years of the Jewish state. Typed Letter Signed, 1 page, Letter is written while Ben - Gurion is head of The Jewish Agency and written 4 days after the "Biltmore Conference". The Biltmore Conference was called.....
Israeli politician, proclaimed the independence of Israel in 1948, headed the provisional government, and was later Prime Minister. Uncommon signed photo, 3.5" x 5.25" Sepia toned head shot of Ben-Gurion. Signed in blue ink across the bottom margin "D. Ben-Gurion". Signature a bit smudged, otherwise, in excellent condition.
David Ben-Gurion. Palestine in the Post-War World. Jewish Agency for Palestine: London, 1942. Measures 5 x 8 inches. 23 pages. Original paper wrappers. "Never before was the whole of humanity threatened with such danger of complete and total slavery. Never before was our own people threatened with such complete and.....
"Selected Poems including the verse play Eli." Jonathan Cape: London, 1968. Signed by author on title page. Marked for her "outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny," Nelly Sachs' 1966 Prize cemented women writers' reputations as global cultural commentators. Sachs dedicated her career to giving a voice to.....
Ancient Lamp from Judea, circa 2nd century AD, and later. 3" x 2". Lamp has a molded design in discus (a sheep? among other objects), with dark red to brown slip. The lamp is inside a plastic display box with a wooden base. Oil lamps were made of common pottery.....
High school girl’s English notebook with handwritten, original essays on Shakespeare and George Eliot from 1920-1921 academic year. 10 x 8 in. Original black cloth boards. 116 pages. Entries from 1920-1921. Handwritten in ink on inside front cover “Nellie Johnson, CCHS ’24”. Clinton Community High School in Clinton, IL. First.....
Original Vintage 19th century albumen photograph of the Fortress at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem. This image of the Holy Land dates from around 1880. In the foreground is a 19th century market with carriages, a camel, and traditional pottery for sale. However, most of the photograph shows the impressive.....
Peres, Shimon. From These Men Seven Founders of the State of Israel. 1st Edition SIGNED. From These Men. Translated by Philip Simpson. New York: Wyndham Books, [1979]. First edition, inscribed. Octavo. 254 pages. . Measures approximately 8.25 x 5.25 inches . Very good condition with light rubbing and bumping to.....
Stephens, John Lloyd. Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and The Holy Land by George Stephens. London: by Richard Bentley; 1838. 8" x 5," 317 pps. (vol I), 361 pps. (vol II). First edition, second print of John Lloyd Stephen's popular travel account in Egypt and Syria. Stephen's was.....
DAVAR Hebrew historic newspaper 1 July 1948, LABOUR DAILY TEL-AVIV, with in headline, the proclamation of the Ene of British Mandate in Palestine Eretz-Israel, the last British soldiers left yesterday - Israel Jewish Navy entr in the Port of Haifa. This complete newspaper includes 4 large pages, size: 17" x......
The News and Observer. May 14, 1948. 16.5 x 22 inches. 24 pages. Includes story on Harold Evans, the Philadelphia attorney appointed by the United Nations to be the first Special Municipal Commissioner for Jerusalem on May 13, 1948. Headline reads, "American Quaker named mayor of Jerusalem as hour for.....
STOUT, Anna. What Woman Suffrage Means in New Zealand. London: Buckenham & Son. Circa 1900. 9.5” x 7” inches. One page, double-sided handbill. Extract from a Letter to flagship British newspaper “The Times.” This leaflet was written by Lady Anna Stout, New Zealander suffrage activist and wife of former Premier.....
The first prime minister of Israel and its leading personality during the first 15 years of the Jewish state. Signed Typed Quoatation on, about 3 x 4". Signed "David Ben Gurion". In excellent condition.
Original Vintage19th century albumen photograph of the Golden Gate in Jerusalem. Shows great details of Jerusalem's walls. The Golden Gate is the oldest of the current gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls. According to Jewish tradition, the Shekhinah used to appear through this gate, and will appear again when the.....
Vintage 19th century albumen photograph 11" by 8.5" Unmounted. This image of the Holy Land dates from circa 1880s. Bottom caption reads: "255 Eglise Ste-Anne et vue generale de Jerusalem. --( St Anne's church and general view of Jerusalem)." The photo depict a 19 century viewo f Jerusalem. Photographer's mark.....