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Lot 331

Handwritten Documents and Letters - David Wallersteiner / Wallersteiner Family from "Zichron Meir", Bnei Brak / Genealogy Lists

Collection of documents handwritten by David (ben Avraham) Wallersteiner (1854-1938). Germany (Gailingen) and Palestine (Zichron Meir, Bnei Brak), 1933-1937. German, some quotations in Hebrew.
Letters, rhymed greeting cards and genealogy lists handwritten by David Wallersteiner (born in Kappel, Bad Buchau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany].
The genealogy lists concern the Wallersteiner family and Hasgall family and their branches – families Weil, Kahn-Friedmann, and other families. Three photographs of family members are enclosed.
Most documents are signed at the end by Wallersteiner, and dated. The collection also includes several letters sent to Wallersteiner and several documents not in his handwriting.
Enclosed are a number of printed documents – news leaflets about Palestine (German), a number of them by DNB (Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro – German News Bureau).
Total of about 30 items, among them about 26 items handwritten by Wallersteiner. Size and condition vary. Stains and tears to some items.