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Lot 200 "Anglia Judaica", a Book about the History of the Jews of England – Oxford, 1738 – Engraving
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Anglia Judaica, or the History and Antiquities of the Jews in England, by D'blossiers Tovey. "Printed at the Theatre, and are to be sold by James Fletcher", Oxford, 1738. First Edition. English.
A comprehensive history, the first of its kind, of the Jews of England, by the historian and Anglican clergyman D'blossiers Tovey (1692-1745). The book reviews the Jewish community of England from its onset in 1066 until the expulsion of the Jews in the 13th century. It also contains an interesting documentation of the negotiation between Menasseh ben Israel and Oliver Cromwell after which the Deportation Order was cancelled and the community renewed (in one of the chapters D'blossiers Tovey writes that the hope Cromwell had raised among the Jews was so great that some thought that he might be the Messiah. See p. 275).
The book contains an engraved plate depicting the grave of the child Saint Hugh of Lincoln, which according to a blood libel widely believed in England was murdered by Jews.
[8], 319 pp. + [1] engraved plate, 24 cm. Good condition. Stains. Library stamps on several leaves. Sticker and writing on verso of title page. Half-leather later binding.
A comprehensive history, the first of its kind, of the Jews of England, by the historian and Anglican clergyman D'blossiers Tovey (1692-1745). The book reviews the Jewish community of England from its onset in 1066 until the expulsion of the Jews in the 13th century. It also contains an interesting documentation of the negotiation between Menasseh ben Israel and Oliver Cromwell after which the Deportation Order was cancelled and the community renewed (in one of the chapters D'blossiers Tovey writes that the hope Cromwell had raised among the Jews was so great that some thought that he might be the Messiah. See p. 275).
The book contains an engraved plate depicting the grave of the child Saint Hugh of Lincoln, which according to a blood libel widely believed in England was murdered by Jews.
[8], 319 pp. + [1] engraved plate, 24 cm. Good condition. Stains. Library stamps on several leaves. Sticker and writing on verso of title page. Half-leather later binding.
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"Report of Sir Moses Montefiore Bart to the London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews on the Subject of his Mission to Rome" in an attempt to release Edgardo Mortara. Reproduction of the handwritten original (possibly written by a secretary). London, July 13, 1859. English.
Edgardo Mortara (1851-1940) was the son of a Jewish merchant from Bologna (then in the Papal State of Italy). When he was two years old, he fell sick and was secretly baptized by a Christian servant of the family, in an attempt to cure him. Several years later, the servant testified before the authorities that she had baptized him. Since at the time, the law forbade the raising of Christians by members of other faiths, Edgardo Mortara was taken from his family. All the family's attempts to bring their son back failed. Mortara was raised as a Catholic and in his adulthood entered the Augustinian Order. Later he even acted as a missionary in Germany and New York.
The Mortara case caused much outrage among Jewish communities and liberal groups in Europe and the USA. Several European governments as well as the USA government expressed their protest and asked to return Mortara to his family. The case was considered a constitutive event in European history and one of the factors that led to the establishment of the organization Alliance Israélite Universelle.
This report describes Moses Montefiore's trip to Rome, in 1859, in order to submit to Pope Pius IX a memorandum calling to release Mortara. It describes Montefiore's attempts to schedule a meeting with the Pope, his meetings with the British diplomat Odo Russell and his meeting with Cardinal Antonelli, to whom he eventually submitted the memorandum. Montefiore also notes in the report that his wife Judith and two of his friends, Gershon (Gershom) Kursheedt of New-Orleans and Dr. Thomas Hodgkin of London, accompanied him on his trip. The report was submitted by Montefiore to the London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews, the body that represented the Jews of Britain (whose president at the time was Montefiore).
7, [1] leaves, 32.5 cm (bound with string in their upper left corner). Good condition. Fold lines. Stains and tears, mostly small, to margins.
Edgardo Mortara (1851-1940) was the son of a Jewish merchant from Bologna (then in the Papal State of Italy). When he was two years old, he fell sick and was secretly baptized by a Christian servant of the family, in an attempt to cure him. Several years later, the servant testified before the authorities that she had baptized him. Since at the time, the law forbade the raising of Christians by members of other faiths, Edgardo Mortara was taken from his family. All the family's attempts to bring their son back failed. Mortara was raised as a Catholic and in his adulthood entered the Augustinian Order. Later he even acted as a missionary in Germany and New York.
The Mortara case caused much outrage among Jewish communities and liberal groups in Europe and the USA. Several European governments as well as the USA government expressed their protest and asked to return Mortara to his family. The case was considered a constitutive event in European history and one of the factors that led to the establishment of the organization Alliance Israélite Universelle.
This report describes Moses Montefiore's trip to Rome, in 1859, in order to submit to Pope Pius IX a memorandum calling to release Mortara. It describes Montefiore's attempts to schedule a meeting with the Pope, his meetings with the British diplomat Odo Russell and his meeting with Cardinal Antonelli, to whom he eventually submitted the memorandum. Montefiore also notes in the report that his wife Judith and two of his friends, Gershon (Gershom) Kursheedt of New-Orleans and Dr. Thomas Hodgkin of London, accompanied him on his trip. The report was submitted by Montefiore to the London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews, the body that represented the Jews of Britain (whose president at the time was Montefiore).
7, [1] leaves, 32.5 cm (bound with string in their upper left corner). Good condition. Fold lines. Stains and tears, mostly small, to margins.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Letter by Moses Montefiore to the rabbis and philanthropists of Jerusalem. Scribal hand on official stationery, with Montefiore's Hebrew (in square script) and English signatures. Ramsgate (England), 1870.
The letter is addressed to the Rabbis Avraham Ashkenazi (Hakham Bashi), Moshe Ben Venisti (Benvenisti), Meir Maniksht, Ya'akov Yehuda Leib Levi, Rabbi Moshe Dan Ralbag, and the philanthropists Shlomo Amzallag and Ya'akov Valero, and deals with the distribution of funds raised for the various Kollelim of Jerusalem.
The letter notes that the funds for the poor of Jerusalem, 37.19£ by Montefiore and 117.3£ by other donors (their names are noted in the letter alongside the amount they had donated) should "be distributed… with no difference at all between one Kollel and the other" (Hebrew).
[1] folded leaf (two written pages), 25 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and fold lines. Tears and open tears to edges. Several pieces of tape and paper on verso.
The letter is addressed to the Rabbis Avraham Ashkenazi (Hakham Bashi), Moshe Ben Venisti (Benvenisti), Meir Maniksht, Ya'akov Yehuda Leib Levi, Rabbi Moshe Dan Ralbag, and the philanthropists Shlomo Amzallag and Ya'akov Valero, and deals with the distribution of funds raised for the various Kollelim of Jerusalem.
The letter notes that the funds for the poor of Jerusalem, 37.19£ by Montefiore and 117.3£ by other donors (their names are noted in the letter alongside the amount they had donated) should "be distributed… with no difference at all between one Kollel and the other" (Hebrew).
[1] folded leaf (two written pages), 25 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and fold lines. Tears and open tears to edges. Several pieces of tape and paper on verso.
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A letter by Moses Montefiore to the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire Nathan Marcus Adler. Scribal hand on official stationery, with a postscript handwritten and signed by Montefiore. Ramsgate (England), November 5640 (1879). English.
A letter dealing with a donation for the poor of Palestine. At the end of his letter, under his signature, Montefiore added several handwritten lines – greetings to Rabbi Adler.
Montefiore, who headed the Sephardic community of London, had a long-standing friendship with Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler (1803-1890), the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. The cordial relationship between them, which was accompanied by extensive correspondence, led to cooperation in a variety of community projects, among them raising funds for the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine. Adler, who by the power of his position as Chief Rabbi, headed the United Synagogue in London, an organization that united all the orthodox communities of Britain, gathered the funds raised by the synagogues and sent them to Palestine through Montefiore's representatives.
[1] leaf, 25.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Minor stains.
A letter dealing with a donation for the poor of Palestine. At the end of his letter, under his signature, Montefiore added several handwritten lines – greetings to Rabbi Adler.
Montefiore, who headed the Sephardic community of London, had a long-standing friendship with Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler (1803-1890), the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. The cordial relationship between them, which was accompanied by extensive correspondence, led to cooperation in a variety of community projects, among them raising funds for the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine. Adler, who by the power of his position as Chief Rabbi, headed the United Synagogue in London, an organization that united all the orthodox communities of Britain, gathered the funds raised by the synagogues and sent them to Palestine through Montefiore's representatives.
[1] leaf, 25.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Minor stains.
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An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore… on the day of his arrival in the holy city of Jerusalem… by the Rev. Meyer Auerbach… and the Rev. Samuel Salant… Together with a narrative of a forty days' sojourn in the Holy Land. London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1877. Hebrew and English. Second edition.
The book contains impressions of Moses Montefiore's visit to Palestine in 1875 and the text of a long letter sent to him by rabbis Samuel Salant and Meyer Auerbach prior to his arrival in Jerusalem (the letter is printed in the Hebrew original and in English translation. The impressions are printed in English only).
On the English title page is a handwritten inscription: "To Mr. Marcus N. Adler, with Sir Moses Montefiore's best wishes", the words "Moses Montefiore's" were handwritten by Montefiore.
Presumably, the book was inscribed to Marcus Nathan Adler (1837-1911), the son of Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire.
A photograph of Montefiore by John Crow Twyman is mounted on the inside front Hebrew binding, with Adler's bookplate beneath it (both are covered with a tissue guard). The Montefiore coat of arms is printed on the inner front English cover.
148, 40 pp, 24 cm. Gilt-lettered binding. Gilt edges. Good condition. A few stains. Stamps on endpapers. Minor blemishes to edges of binding and spine.
The book contains impressions of Moses Montefiore's visit to Palestine in 1875 and the text of a long letter sent to him by rabbis Samuel Salant and Meyer Auerbach prior to his arrival in Jerusalem (the letter is printed in the Hebrew original and in English translation. The impressions are printed in English only).
On the English title page is a handwritten inscription: "To Mr. Marcus N. Adler, with Sir Moses Montefiore's best wishes", the words "Moses Montefiore's" were handwritten by Montefiore.
Presumably, the book was inscribed to Marcus Nathan Adler (1837-1911), the son of Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire.
A photograph of Montefiore by John Crow Twyman is mounted on the inside front Hebrew binding, with Adler's bookplate beneath it (both are covered with a tissue guard). The Montefiore coat of arms is printed on the inner front English cover.
148, 40 pp, 24 cm. Gilt-lettered binding. Gilt edges. Good condition. A few stains. Stamps on endpapers. Minor blemishes to edges of binding and spine.
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Two printed prayers in honor of Moses Montefiore and a printed booklet with a letter by Moses Montefiore to the Jews of Palestine and letters received in response.
1. "A song of thanksgiving and greeting to Moses Montefiore, a righteous and honest man, great among Jews …". Trieste: Ignatz Popesh and Friend, [ca. 1846].
Prayer in honor of Moses Montefiore, written by Rabbi Shabtai Elchanan Treves, following Montefiore's efforts in assisting the Jews of Damascus during the Damascus Affair (1840).
[1] leaf, 22.5X36 cm. (printed on both sides). Good-fair condition. Tears along edges and along fold lines. Open tears, mostly to margins and not affecting text. Creases. Stains.
2. Preghiera per Mosé, "To praise and glorify the name of the esteemed and elevated dignitary… Sir Moses Montefiore… greetings for the hundredth year of his life". Livorno: Yisrael Kushta, 1883. Hebrew and Italian.
9; [2] leaves, 13-16 pp (the booklet is incomplete), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
3. Translations of a Letter Addressed by Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., F.R.S., […] to the Jewish Congregations in the Holy Land […] and the Replies Received Thereto, by Moses Montefiore. London: London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews, 1874. English.
In 1874, after a hard winter that raised the price of food, the Jews of Jerusalem appealed to Moses Montefiore, who had been continuously supporting the Yishuv and repeatedly attempted to find sources of income for it, with a request for help. In response to their appeal, Montefiore wrote to the representatives of the Jewish communities in Palestine and suggested to initiate agricultural, trade and industry projects in order to improve their situation and save them from the hunger they regularly suffered from, as well as the dependence on charity funds. Montefiore gathered the letters he received in response from the representatives of the communities and from private people, the contents of which range from doubt to open enthusiasm, and printed them in this book in order to distribute it among the Jews of Britain and motivate them to support the establishment of a functioning economy, especially agricultural settlement, in Palestine.
Enclosed: a printed letter by Moses Montefiore, signed with his printed signature, urging the addressee to read the correspondence in order to be convinced of the willingness of the Jews of Palestine to work for their living and to contribute money to Montefiore's agricultural and business initiatives in Palestine.
82 pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Creases. A tear to the last leaf. Tears and open tears along the edges of the cover. Loose cover. Missing spine. Loose and partly detached gatherings. Library sticker on the cover.
Enclosed letter: [2] pp (a sheet folded in half), 32.5 cm. Good condition. Folds.
1. "A song of thanksgiving and greeting to Moses Montefiore, a righteous and honest man, great among Jews …". Trieste: Ignatz Popesh and Friend, [ca. 1846].
Prayer in honor of Moses Montefiore, written by Rabbi Shabtai Elchanan Treves, following Montefiore's efforts in assisting the Jews of Damascus during the Damascus Affair (1840).
[1] leaf, 22.5X36 cm. (printed on both sides). Good-fair condition. Tears along edges and along fold lines. Open tears, mostly to margins and not affecting text. Creases. Stains.
2. Preghiera per Mosé, "To praise and glorify the name of the esteemed and elevated dignitary… Sir Moses Montefiore… greetings for the hundredth year of his life". Livorno: Yisrael Kushta, 1883. Hebrew and Italian.
9; [2] leaves, 13-16 pp (the booklet is incomplete), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
3. Translations of a Letter Addressed by Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., F.R.S., […] to the Jewish Congregations in the Holy Land […] and the Replies Received Thereto, by Moses Montefiore. London: London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews, 1874. English.
In 1874, after a hard winter that raised the price of food, the Jews of Jerusalem appealed to Moses Montefiore, who had been continuously supporting the Yishuv and repeatedly attempted to find sources of income for it, with a request for help. In response to their appeal, Montefiore wrote to the representatives of the Jewish communities in Palestine and suggested to initiate agricultural, trade and industry projects in order to improve their situation and save them from the hunger they regularly suffered from, as well as the dependence on charity funds. Montefiore gathered the letters he received in response from the representatives of the communities and from private people, the contents of which range from doubt to open enthusiasm, and printed them in this book in order to distribute it among the Jews of Britain and motivate them to support the establishment of a functioning economy, especially agricultural settlement, in Palestine.
Enclosed: a printed letter by Moses Montefiore, signed with his printed signature, urging the addressee to read the correspondence in order to be convinced of the willingness of the Jews of Palestine to work for their living and to contribute money to Montefiore's agricultural and business initiatives in Palestine.
82 pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Creases. A tear to the last leaf. Tears and open tears along the edges of the cover. Loose cover. Missing spine. Loose and partly detached gatherings. Library sticker on the cover.
Enclosed letter: [2] pp (a sheet folded in half), 32.5 cm. Good condition. Folds.
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Twelve booklets, letters, broadsides and other paper items that were printed by aid organization Federation of Ukrainian Jews, active in London after World War I. London, ca. early-mid 1920s. English and Yiddish.
Among the items: • "Tetigkayts barikht far der tzayt fun October 1921 biz April 1923" (Yiddish), a detailed report about the organization's activity and the situation of Jews in various European countries: Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and elsewhere. With illustrations, pictures, sketches and a folded map. • "The Call of Ukraine", booklet with a summary of the annual conference of the organization, 1923 (enclosed are two postage stamps with the logo of the conference). • A latter of appreciation, typewritten on official stationery, enclosed, presumably, with a receipt for a donation. • "The menorah, A Chanukah Journal", a booklet for Hanukkah issued by the organization, with illustrations, a list of donors to the organization and an addendum for children (a separate booklet). 1923. • Illustrated form (blank) for giving a Hanukkah donation. • Two fund-raising handbills. • And more.
Two of the items are addressed to Isaac Livingstone, the director of the Golders Green Beit Midrash of London.
Enclosed: a handbill issued by the Russian Jewish Relief Fund.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Among the items: • "Tetigkayts barikht far der tzayt fun October 1921 biz April 1923" (Yiddish), a detailed report about the organization's activity and the situation of Jews in various European countries: Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and elsewhere. With illustrations, pictures, sketches and a folded map. • "The Call of Ukraine", booklet with a summary of the annual conference of the organization, 1923 (enclosed are two postage stamps with the logo of the conference). • A latter of appreciation, typewritten on official stationery, enclosed, presumably, with a receipt for a donation. • "The menorah, A Chanukah Journal", a booklet for Hanukkah issued by the organization, with illustrations, a list of donors to the organization and an addendum for children (a separate booklet). 1923. • Illustrated form (blank) for giving a Hanukkah donation. • Two fund-raising handbills. • And more.
Two of the items are addressed to Isaac Livingstone, the director of the Golders Green Beit Midrash of London.
Enclosed: a handbill issued by the Russian Jewish Relief Fund.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
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Printed certificate, confirmation of transfer of funds to the "Ha'avara" company, owned jointly by the Anglo-Palestine Bank, Bank of the Temple Society and the Jewish Agency, with handwritten details and stamps of the Bank of the Temple Society. 1935. English.
The Ha'avara Agreement ("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 German Jews to Palestine. Within the framework of the agreement, wealthy German Jews, planning to emigrate to Palestine, transferred their money to one of three mediating companies ("HaNote'ah", Anglo-Palestine Bank or"Ha'avara") and they in turn transferred it to companies in Palestine, with a promise to purchase only German goods. After the immigrants arrived to Palestine, two thirds of their original funds were returned to them.
The agreement caused a major controversy in the Jewish community in Palestine and in the Diaspora, as many questioned the moral propriety of negotiating with the Nazis and the economic gain to be derived there from.
[1] leaf, 22X24.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Creases and several small tears along edges. Filing holes.
The Ha'avara Agreement ("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 German Jews to Palestine. Within the framework of the agreement, wealthy German Jews, planning to emigrate to Palestine, transferred their money to one of three mediating companies ("HaNote'ah", Anglo-Palestine Bank or"Ha'avara") and they in turn transferred it to companies in Palestine, with a promise to purchase only German goods. After the immigrants arrived to Palestine, two thirds of their original funds were returned to them.
The agreement caused a major controversy in the Jewish community in Palestine and in the Diaspora, as many questioned the moral propriety of negotiating with the Nazis and the economic gain to be derived there from.
[1] leaf, 22X24.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Creases and several small tears along edges. Filing holes.
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Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Two membership directories (Mitglieder-Verzeichnis) which were issued by the Verein selbständiger Handwerker jüdischen Glaubens zu Berlin [Association of Self-Employed Craftsmen of the Jewish Faith]. [Berlin, 1935-1937]. German.
Two handbooks containing names of more than a thousand Jewish craftsmen and businesses in Berlin and documenting Jewish commerce under Nazi rule, shortly before the destruction of the Jewish economy in Germany.
The Verein selbständiger Handwerker jüdischen Glaubens was established in Germany in 1895, in order to promote Jewish craftsmen and fight against the negative image they had. The organization provided its members with legal support, managed a loan fund, distributed allowances to those in need and every several years, published handbooks listing the Jewish businesses affiliated to the organization's main chapter in Berlin.
When the Nazis seized power, approx. half of the Jewish craftsmen in Germany lived in Berlin. Already in 1933, a boycott of Jewish products and businesses was declared and with it started a consistent process of economic oppression and social isolation of the Jews of Germany. As their situation worsened, more and more Jews joined the union of craftsmen. The membership directories that it published enabled them to compensate for the loss of German clients due to the acquaintance with new Jewish clients. Despite the efforts of the organization, during the 1930s, most of the Jewish businesses in Germany closed down. In early 1938 Jews were banned from owning businesses; and following the Kristallnacht, Jewish businesses were completely wiped out. In the same year, the director of the association of Jewish craftsmen, Wilhelm Marcus, fled Germany and the organization ceased to exist.
These are the two last membership directories published by the association of Jewish craftsmen during the 1930s, documenting the craftsmen and small businesses in the Jewish community of Berlin: a handbook with the names of the organization members in the years 1934-1935 and a handbook with the names of the members in 1936-1937. The directories are alphabetically ordered, divided according to the type of business and include the names of the members and their addresses. The first handbook also contains many advertisements for the various businesses and a leaf meant for adding addresses and additional details (filled-in with pencil).
Two handbooks. 328 and 208 pp, approx. 15.5 cm. With the original paper covers. The 1935 booklet is in good condition, with minor blemishes (mainly to cover). The 1937 booklet is in good-fair condition, with a detached cover and several detached leaves; small tears to the edges of several pages. Stamp on the cover of one booklet and on the title page of the other booklet.
OCLC lists only few copies of both handbooks.
Two handbooks containing names of more than a thousand Jewish craftsmen and businesses in Berlin and documenting Jewish commerce under Nazi rule, shortly before the destruction of the Jewish economy in Germany.
The Verein selbständiger Handwerker jüdischen Glaubens was established in Germany in 1895, in order to promote Jewish craftsmen and fight against the negative image they had. The organization provided its members with legal support, managed a loan fund, distributed allowances to those in need and every several years, published handbooks listing the Jewish businesses affiliated to the organization's main chapter in Berlin.
When the Nazis seized power, approx. half of the Jewish craftsmen in Germany lived in Berlin. Already in 1933, a boycott of Jewish products and businesses was declared and with it started a consistent process of economic oppression and social isolation of the Jews of Germany. As their situation worsened, more and more Jews joined the union of craftsmen. The membership directories that it published enabled them to compensate for the loss of German clients due to the acquaintance with new Jewish clients. Despite the efforts of the organization, during the 1930s, most of the Jewish businesses in Germany closed down. In early 1938 Jews were banned from owning businesses; and following the Kristallnacht, Jewish businesses were completely wiped out. In the same year, the director of the association of Jewish craftsmen, Wilhelm Marcus, fled Germany and the organization ceased to exist.
These are the two last membership directories published by the association of Jewish craftsmen during the 1930s, documenting the craftsmen and small businesses in the Jewish community of Berlin: a handbook with the names of the organization members in the years 1934-1935 and a handbook with the names of the members in 1936-1937. The directories are alphabetically ordered, divided according to the type of business and include the names of the members and their addresses. The first handbook also contains many advertisements for the various businesses and a leaf meant for adding addresses and additional details (filled-in with pencil).
Two handbooks. 328 and 208 pp, approx. 15.5 cm. With the original paper covers. The 1935 booklet is in good condition, with minor blemishes (mainly to cover). The 1937 booklet is in good-fair condition, with a detached cover and several detached leaves; small tears to the edges of several pages. Stamp on the cover of one booklet and on the title page of the other booklet.
OCLC lists only few copies of both handbooks.
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Erblehre, Abstammungs- und Rassenkunde in Bildlicher Darstellung [Heredity, Genealogy and Racial Science, Pictorial Representation], portfolio with plates of text, illustrations and sketches for teaching heredity and race theory. Text by Alfred Vogel; illustrations by Eberhard Brauchle. Stuttgart: Verlag für National Literatur Gebr. Rath, 1939. German. Second edition.
Portfolio with 80 plates combining text, illustrations and diagrams (many of them in color) intended for the instruction of heredity and racial science in schools in Nazi Germany. The portfolio was created by Alfred Vogel, an elementary school principal in Baden, to accompany another textbook he had written on the subject (Erblehre und Rassenkunde für die Grund- und Hauptschule, 1937). The plates were illustrated by Eberhard Brauchle.
The plates form two groups, the first of which deals with the laws of Mendelian Inheritance, laws proposed by biologist Gregor Mendel (1822-1884). These plates contain illustrations and diagrams presenting various experiments and studies in plants. The second group of plates deals with heredity and racial science. By means of illustrations, diagrams, photographs and more, the plates present the anti-Semitic racial theory about the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of other races.
The portfolio, which reflects the doctrine of the Nazi party and the Nuremberg race laws, puts a special emphasis on the nature and character of the Jew: inferior genetics, defilement of the Aryan race, a degenerate culture, corrupted morals, love of money, the plot to take over the world, and the like. On the bottom of some of the plates appear quotations and sentences reflecting the racial and anti-Semitic principles of the Nazi party.
[1], 79 plates (numbered 1-48, 48a, 49-78), 39 cm. Portfolio: approx. 40X30.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Minor creases in the corners of the plates. Stains, tears and blemishes to portfolio.
Portfolio with 80 plates combining text, illustrations and diagrams (many of them in color) intended for the instruction of heredity and racial science in schools in Nazi Germany. The portfolio was created by Alfred Vogel, an elementary school principal in Baden, to accompany another textbook he had written on the subject (Erblehre und Rassenkunde für die Grund- und Hauptschule, 1937). The plates were illustrated by Eberhard Brauchle.
The plates form two groups, the first of which deals with the laws of Mendelian Inheritance, laws proposed by biologist Gregor Mendel (1822-1884). These plates contain illustrations and diagrams presenting various experiments and studies in plants. The second group of plates deals with heredity and racial science. By means of illustrations, diagrams, photographs and more, the plates present the anti-Semitic racial theory about the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of other races.
The portfolio, which reflects the doctrine of the Nazi party and the Nuremberg race laws, puts a special emphasis on the nature and character of the Jew: inferior genetics, defilement of the Aryan race, a degenerate culture, corrupted morals, love of money, the plot to take over the world, and the like. On the bottom of some of the plates appear quotations and sentences reflecting the racial and anti-Semitic principles of the Nazi party.
[1], 79 plates (numbered 1-48, 48a, 49-78), 39 cm. Portfolio: approx. 40X30.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Minor creases in the corners of the plates. Stains, tears and blemishes to portfolio.
Category
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Approx. 65 certificates, documents and other items, which belonged to a Jewish family from Vienna that fled Nazi-occupied Austria to Palestine in 1939. Austria and Palestine, 1910s to 1950s. German and some Hebrew.
Collection of certificates and documents from the estate of a Jewish family from Vienna – the couple Herman (Zvi/Hirsch) and Regina (Rivka) Heller, and their children, Yosef, Leo and Maximillian. The documents serve as a testimony to the family's history in the period between the world wars, until their successful flight from Austria and immigration to Palestine a few months before the outbreak of World War II. From the documents, we learn that the couple Herman and Regina were born in Bukovina during the 1890s. In the early 20th century, they moved to Vienna where they married in 1920. During the 1920s, Herman studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna and during the 1930s, he worked as an advocate. In 1939, approximately a year after the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, the five members of the young family immigrated to Palestine to start a new life in Eretz Israel.
Among the items in the collection:
• A pair of Phylacteries (Tefillin) in a satin cloth bag embroidered with a Star of David and a monogrammed letter "H" – Heller; presumably belonging to Herman Heller. • The wedding Ketubah of Herman and Regina, dated 1920 – Hebrew printed form, filled-in by hand. (Printed by Y.M. Belf, Vienna.) • Amtszeugnis, a letter of recommendation issued by the Supreme Court of Vienna (Präsidium des Oberlandesgerichts); given to Herman Heller in August 1938• Bescheinigung, a certificate given to Herman Heller in 1939 exempting him from military service due to his being a Jew, issued by the District Military Headquarters in Vienna (Wehrbezirkskommando Wien II) and stamped with the Reichsadler and swastika. • Two Third Reich German passports (Deutsches Reich Reisepass) issued to Regina and her son Yosef in the years 1938-1939. The passports are stamped with the letter "J" (for Jude [Jew]) and bear stamps of the Nazi Chief of Police in Vienna (Polizeipräsident in Wien) and additional stamps. The name ‘Sarah’ was added in handwriting alongside Regina's name (according to a law passed in Nazi Germany in 1938 forcing every Jewish man to add the name Israel and every Jewish woman the name Sarah so they could be easily identified as Jews). The passports bear stamps of the British Consulate in Vienna, visa stamps to Palestine dated January 1939 and stamps of the Department of Migration of the Government of Palestine (granting permission to remain permanently in Palestine). • An immigration certificate granted in February 1939 by the Jewish Agency to Herman Heller and his family.
The collection also contains documents in the name of Herman Heller from the years he studied law at Vienna University; two certificates of municipal citizenship of Vienna, in the name of Herman and Regina Heller (1933), various certificates issued by educational institutions in Austria and Vienna to Herman and his children, two membership certificates issued by the Histadrut Labor Federation of Palestine (1949 and 1953), and more.
A total of approx. 65 items. Size and condition vary.
Collection of certificates and documents from the estate of a Jewish family from Vienna – the couple Herman (Zvi/Hirsch) and Regina (Rivka) Heller, and their children, Yosef, Leo and Maximillian. The documents serve as a testimony to the family's history in the period between the world wars, until their successful flight from Austria and immigration to Palestine a few months before the outbreak of World War II. From the documents, we learn that the couple Herman and Regina were born in Bukovina during the 1890s. In the early 20th century, they moved to Vienna where they married in 1920. During the 1920s, Herman studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna and during the 1930s, he worked as an advocate. In 1939, approximately a year after the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, the five members of the young family immigrated to Palestine to start a new life in Eretz Israel.
Among the items in the collection:
• A pair of Phylacteries (Tefillin) in a satin cloth bag embroidered with a Star of David and a monogrammed letter "H" – Heller; presumably belonging to Herman Heller. • The wedding Ketubah of Herman and Regina, dated 1920 – Hebrew printed form, filled-in by hand. (Printed by Y.M. Belf, Vienna.) • Amtszeugnis, a letter of recommendation issued by the Supreme Court of Vienna (Präsidium des Oberlandesgerichts); given to Herman Heller in August 1938• Bescheinigung, a certificate given to Herman Heller in 1939 exempting him from military service due to his being a Jew, issued by the District Military Headquarters in Vienna (Wehrbezirkskommando Wien II) and stamped with the Reichsadler and swastika. • Two Third Reich German passports (Deutsches Reich Reisepass) issued to Regina and her son Yosef in the years 1938-1939. The passports are stamped with the letter "J" (for Jude [Jew]) and bear stamps of the Nazi Chief of Police in Vienna (Polizeipräsident in Wien) and additional stamps. The name ‘Sarah’ was added in handwriting alongside Regina's name (according to a law passed in Nazi Germany in 1938 forcing every Jewish man to add the name Israel and every Jewish woman the name Sarah so they could be easily identified as Jews). The passports bear stamps of the British Consulate in Vienna, visa stamps to Palestine dated January 1939 and stamps of the Department of Migration of the Government of Palestine (granting permission to remain permanently in Palestine). • An immigration certificate granted in February 1939 by the Jewish Agency to Herman Heller and his family.
The collection also contains documents in the name of Herman Heller from the years he studied law at Vienna University; two certificates of municipal citizenship of Vienna, in the name of Herman and Regina Heller (1933), various certificates issued by educational institutions in Austria and Vienna to Herman and his children, two membership certificates issued by the Histadrut Labor Federation of Palestine (1949 and 1953), and more.
A total of approx. 65 items. Size and condition vary.
Category
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $8,750
Including buyer's premium
More than 400 items documenting the life of a Jewish family that escaped from Vienna to Shanghai during World War II. Vienna, Shanghai and elsewhere, 1930s and 1940s (a few are from earlier or later years). German, English, and other languages.
An interesting, comprehensive collection of certificates and official documents, letters, photographs and other items relating the life story of the couple Max and Dorotha Konstein and their daughter Edith; especially their lives under the Nazi regime in Vienna, their escape from Europe in 1940 and their life in Shanghai in the 1940s.
Maximillian (Max) Konstein was born in 1893 in Třebíč (the Czech Republic). During World War I, he served in the Austro-Hungarian army and in the early 1920s moved to Vienna and married Dorotha (born in Krakow in 1899). Their daughter, Edith, was born in Vienna in 1932.
In 1938, with the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, the Konsteins began to feel the persecution of the Jews firsthand – Max lost his job at the Kosmos insurance company and the couple were forced to leave their apartment, their possessions being sold for a pittance. Subsequently, Max and Dorotha decided to leave Vienna. In 1940, after many attempts to attain visas, a period during which they corresponded with the consulate of Chile, they succeeded in finding refuge in Shanghai, which at the time was the only city in the world allowing entrance without a passport or a visa (all that was needed was an European exit visa). In Shanghai they lived as stateless refugees. Edith studied at the Jewish school in the town and was a member of local Scouts movement.
Max Konstein died in 1945. In subsequent years, Dorotha and Edith worked for the American army. In 1949, they received new Austrian passports and attained visas via Canada to the USA, where they settled.
This collection includes numerous items documenting the persecution of the family members in Europe and their life in Shanghai:
• Three certificates, printed, filled-in by hand and stamped by the Vienna police, indicating that Edith and Dorotha added the middle name "Sarah" to their names, whereas Max added the name "Israel" (as required by Nazi law).
• Official price appraisal (Verkaufsschätzung) of the family's possessions from May 20, 1939, before they had to leave their house in Vienna – a list of the family's furniture and its appraisal.
• Announcement issued by the property manager in Vienna (Hausverwaltung), informing the Konsteins that they must leave their house immediately and move to a new address. 22.7.1939.
• Three letters that were sent to Max Konstein from his workplace, the Kosmos insurance company, documenting the worsening of his situation after the annexation of Austria: a letter from February 1937 (about a year before the annexation), congratulating Konstein for 25 years of work in the company; a short letter from April 1938, announcing that he will have to sever his ties to the company at the end of the year; and a letter of dismissal from July 1938.
• A German passport for Jews in the name of Max Konstein. On the first page appears the red stamp "J" (Jew) and alongside his name, the middle name "Israel" was added. Contains an entrance visa to Chile (from November 1939) and a one-time exit visa from the port of Trieste (Italy).
• A letter from October 1939, by the consul of Chile in Berlin, Artemio Zanartu, announcing the intention of issuing visas for the family and listing the documents the family needs to submit.
• Entrance visa to Chile in the name of Dorotha Konstein, hand-signed by the Chilean consul in Berlin. Issued on 25.11.1939.
• A boarding pass for the Conte Rosso ship sailing to Shanghai, for Edith Konstein.
• A letter from the Kitchen-Fund Kuratorium aid organization, to the Director General of the Office for the Shanghai Stateless Refugees Affairs, 1945. Indicating that the house where Dorotha and Edith had lived was destroyed in a bombing.
• Various certificates that were issued in Shanghai in the name of Edith Konstein, including a certificate issued by the American Army Advisory Group in 1948 (Edith being only 16 years old at the time), indicating her work in the service of the army.
• Certificates issued by the Shanghai Jewish School and notebooks used by Edith during her studies at the school.
• A certificate issued by The Boy Scouts Association, Shanghai branch.
• Several issues of newspapers, including the Shanghai Jewish Chronicle and the North China daily News.
• And many additional items, some of them personal items and souvenirs that were collected over the years (a photo album from the 1930s; an ornate wallet with a small collection of Chinese banknotes; a hand-held fan with the emblem of the Rotary International and a map of its branches in the Far East; an embroidered flag of Israel; and more).
A total of approx. 460 items (approx. 290 of them are photographs; some of them arranged in an album). Size and condition vary.
An interesting, comprehensive collection of certificates and official documents, letters, photographs and other items relating the life story of the couple Max and Dorotha Konstein and their daughter Edith; especially their lives under the Nazi regime in Vienna, their escape from Europe in 1940 and their life in Shanghai in the 1940s.
Maximillian (Max) Konstein was born in 1893 in Třebíč (the Czech Republic). During World War I, he served in the Austro-Hungarian army and in the early 1920s moved to Vienna and married Dorotha (born in Krakow in 1899). Their daughter, Edith, was born in Vienna in 1932.
In 1938, with the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, the Konsteins began to feel the persecution of the Jews firsthand – Max lost his job at the Kosmos insurance company and the couple were forced to leave their apartment, their possessions being sold for a pittance. Subsequently, Max and Dorotha decided to leave Vienna. In 1940, after many attempts to attain visas, a period during which they corresponded with the consulate of Chile, they succeeded in finding refuge in Shanghai, which at the time was the only city in the world allowing entrance without a passport or a visa (all that was needed was an European exit visa). In Shanghai they lived as stateless refugees. Edith studied at the Jewish school in the town and was a member of local Scouts movement.
Max Konstein died in 1945. In subsequent years, Dorotha and Edith worked for the American army. In 1949, they received new Austrian passports and attained visas via Canada to the USA, where they settled.
This collection includes numerous items documenting the persecution of the family members in Europe and their life in Shanghai:
• Three certificates, printed, filled-in by hand and stamped by the Vienna police, indicating that Edith and Dorotha added the middle name "Sarah" to their names, whereas Max added the name "Israel" (as required by Nazi law).
• Official price appraisal (Verkaufsschätzung) of the family's possessions from May 20, 1939, before they had to leave their house in Vienna – a list of the family's furniture and its appraisal.
• Announcement issued by the property manager in Vienna (Hausverwaltung), informing the Konsteins that they must leave their house immediately and move to a new address. 22.7.1939.
• Three letters that were sent to Max Konstein from his workplace, the Kosmos insurance company, documenting the worsening of his situation after the annexation of Austria: a letter from February 1937 (about a year before the annexation), congratulating Konstein for 25 years of work in the company; a short letter from April 1938, announcing that he will have to sever his ties to the company at the end of the year; and a letter of dismissal from July 1938.
• A German passport for Jews in the name of Max Konstein. On the first page appears the red stamp "J" (Jew) and alongside his name, the middle name "Israel" was added. Contains an entrance visa to Chile (from November 1939) and a one-time exit visa from the port of Trieste (Italy).
• A letter from October 1939, by the consul of Chile in Berlin, Artemio Zanartu, announcing the intention of issuing visas for the family and listing the documents the family needs to submit.
• Entrance visa to Chile in the name of Dorotha Konstein, hand-signed by the Chilean consul in Berlin. Issued on 25.11.1939.
• A boarding pass for the Conte Rosso ship sailing to Shanghai, for Edith Konstein.
• A letter from the Kitchen-Fund Kuratorium aid organization, to the Director General of the Office for the Shanghai Stateless Refugees Affairs, 1945. Indicating that the house where Dorotha and Edith had lived was destroyed in a bombing.
• Various certificates that were issued in Shanghai in the name of Edith Konstein, including a certificate issued by the American Army Advisory Group in 1948 (Edith being only 16 years old at the time), indicating her work in the service of the army.
• Certificates issued by the Shanghai Jewish School and notebooks used by Edith during her studies at the school.
• A certificate issued by The Boy Scouts Association, Shanghai branch.
• Several issues of newspapers, including the Shanghai Jewish Chronicle and the North China daily News.
• And many additional items, some of them personal items and souvenirs that were collected over the years (a photo album from the 1930s; an ornate wallet with a small collection of Chinese banknotes; a hand-held fan with the emblem of the Rotary International and a map of its branches in the Far East; an embroidered flag of Israel; and more).
A total of approx. 460 items (approx. 290 of them are photographs; some of them arranged in an album). Size and condition vary.
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Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Catalogue