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Judaica

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Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

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/D 1920 VLADIMIR JABOTINSKY SIGNED LETTER
............................................................................. PH $750-1000

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1924 VLADIMIR JABOTINSKY POSTAL CARD
TO MOTHER ....................................................... PH $750-1000

French postal card sent from Zionist leader & author Vladimir
Jabotinsky and his wife to his mother in Palestine. Text in
old-style Russian, Jabotinsky signed simply as ‘V.’ Addressed
to Madame Jabotinsky in Jerusalem, card forwarded to Tel-Aviv.
Wife also adds a few lines below his signature. Fine to very
fine. (University Archives LOA with full translation).

1933 YITZHAK BEN-ZVI SIGNED LETTER ........ PH $400-600

Typed letter in Hebrew, dated June 6, 1933, with excess margins
folded to 8x10", on Jewish Community of Palestine/General
Council (Vaad Leumi) stationery, addressed to Litwinsky
Brothers in Tel Aviv. Signed at bottom ‘Y. Ben Zvi’ in black
ink, letter explains some taxation issues. Ben-Zvi was head of
Vaad Leumi at the time. Very fine. (University Archives LOA).

One page handwritten letter to Mr. Gordon from Vladimir
(Ze’ev) Jabotinsky, signed ‘Z Jabotinksy’, asking for the return
of a book ‘The Hebrew Grammar’ (in Latin characters). A
similar book published by Jabotinsky in 1930 in Tel Aviv is
included. Letter dated August 6, 1920, light foxing, fine.
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1934 WILHELM FRICK SIGNED POSTCARD .... PH $300-400

Unmailed postal card with official photograph of Dr. Wilhelm
Frick. Signed in black ink at bottom as simply ‘Frick’. He was
Interior Minister for Nazi Germany and author of the infamous
Nuremberg laws against Jews. Also included a reproduction
photo of Frick after being hanged at Nuremberg. Very fine.
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1939 JULIUS STREICHER SIGNED CARD
..................................................... View photo online $350-500

German 6pf postal card with 5/21/39 Magdeburg postmark
with special inscription ‘Der ewige Jude’ at bottom. Card signed
in purple pencil by Julius Streicher, Gauleiter of Franconia and
editor of ‘Der Sturmer’ newspaper, an author of many
anti-Semitic publications. He was hung after the Nuremberg
trials. Also includes press photo of Streicher and modern
reproduction photo of the museum housing Der Ewige Jude
art exhibition.
549

1944 CHAIM WEIZMANN SIGNED LETTER .. PH $1500-2000

Typed letter on The Jewish Agency for Palestine stationery,
signed in green by future Israeli president Chaim Weizmann,
in Hebrew, dated December 6, 1944. Addressed to Y. Kosoy,
Rehovot Workers’ Council, letter reads ‘Dear Kosoy, Your
words and your wishes moved my heart. I was pleased to receive
such loyal wishes. Very truly yours, Chaim Weizmann
[signature]/C. Weizmann.’ Fine with the usual folds.
550

545

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Typed letter on ‘Le Populaire’ letterhead, signed by Leon Blum,
former premier of France. One page in French, dated October
18, 1949, Paris, regarding a meeting with Chaim Weizmann.
‘Please kindly thank Doctor WEIZMANN for his invitation,
but I truly cannot go twice to Israel a few months apart, and as
it seem more prudent to postpone this trip until spring, I am
sticking to the project that we had set up together at your house.’
Very fine. (University Archives LOA).

1927 HENRIETTA SZOLD HANDWRITTEN
LETTER ............................................................ PH $1000-1500

Handwritten letter on R.M.S. Carmania stationery (Cunard
line), dated November 16, 1927, written & signed by Zionist
leader Henrietta Szold. Addressed to Elisha Friedman, a
member of the American Friends of the Hebrew University in
Jerusalem, and on the Finance Committee of the Palestine
Endowment Funds and the Hadassah Medical Organization.
Fine and attractive. (University Archives LOA).

1949 LEON BLUM SIGNED LETTER .................. PH $350-500

– CONCENTRATION CAMPS –
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1940s INMATE ‘OST’ PATCHES FROM
CONCENTRATION CAMP (x3) .. View photo online $200-300

Three uncut cloth Patches (3x3")for use by inmates at a
concentration camp. ‘OST’ is short for ‘Ostarbeiter’ which
means ‘Eastern Workers’ primarily from the Ukraine.

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