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[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.....
[Judaica ][Holocaust] Archive of twenty letters, mostly on Red Cross letterhead, that document a family trying to stay connected amid the horror and chaos of the Holocaust. Dated 1941-1944. Mostly written in Hungarian or German with English translations. The two earliest letters, dated January and December of 1941, are written.....
British Mandate Palestine Photo album with 107 sepia toned black and white photographs of Palestine, its inhabitants, and the Zionist figures instrumental in the creation of the Israeli state, including Theodor Herzl, Baron Edmond De Rotschild, Sir Herbert Samuel, and the Aaronsohns. Photographs measure approximately 6" x 4", are numbered.....
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.....
Photo album published in 1939 from Eretz, Israel, by “The Palestine Cigarette Co, LTD”. Consists of 216 photographs from the archive of the Jewish National Fund and the National Zionist Archive, depicting Jewish defense forces, building activities, and more. Album measures 13” x 9” and photos are around 5” x......
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 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.....
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.....
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.....
WWII era Polish Jewish family archive includes 21 silver gelatin photos dated between 1934-1939.The album measures 15" x 11". Photos Measuring between 2.5" x 3.5". Includes 10 loose photos with handwritten inscriptions that look to be of Polish with possibly some Yiddish en verso. This photos show a family of.....
Archive of 8 color illustrated newspapers covering the Dreyfus Affair. January 1895-August 1906. French and Italian. Large format newspapers measuring 18 x 12.5 inches. The archive includes 5 issues from French newspaper Le Petit Journal, and 3 issues from La Tribuna Illustrata, the Italian newspaper. Alfred Dreyfus was a Jewish.....
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.....
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.....
Archive of 6 illustrated Newspapers related to the Dreyfus Affair. September 1896-October 1899. French and Italian. Measure 18 x 12.5 inches. 46 pages. First in archive from Le Petit Journal dated September 1896 cover image shows Dreyfus sitting at an outdoor table, a book open next to him, his head.....
"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.....
Archive of 4 newspapers regarding Emilio Zola's involvement in the Dreyfus Affair and resultant death. French and Italian. 1898-1902. Measurements range from 18 x 12 inches to 15.5 x 11 inches. 36 pages. The first paper in the archive from January 1898 is the Italian La Tribuna Illustrata with a......
Archive of 6 newspapers related to the Dreyfus Affair from both the American and French perspectives. 1897-1899. American and French papers. Measurements range from 23.5 x 17 inches and 13 x 10.5 inches. 80 pages. 1 issue of the San Jose Daily Mercury and 4 issues of the New York.....
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.....