Flowers of Oswenceim. Album of sketches and pictures documenting the death camps in Poland, particularly the life of the children – the ‘flowers’ of Auschwitz. By Zinovii Tolkatchev. Krakow, 1947. [13] pages. [33] picture-plates. 26 cm. Short caption on the back of each picture in five languages. Copy #90. Original, styled binding. Original jacket with colored pictures. Unique introduction in Hebrew and English. Very fine condition.
Der Ewige Jude (The Wandering Jew). German translation of the novel of Belgian author, August Vermeylen, of 1906. Leipzig 1923
Destruction of the Jews of Bessarabia, published by the Va’ad L’Ezrat Yehudei Bessarabia B’eretz Yisrael. [Tel Aviv], [1944].[2], 31, [1] page, jacket title page, 14 cm.The booklet was printed in 1944, at the height of the Holocaust, and it includes a request for aid packages for the Jews of Bessarabia. The front section of the jacket title page was printed on a black background with a picture of a boot with a swastika trampling the caption “Churban Yehudei Bessarabia”.Very fine condition.
Anti-semitic poster, from a newspaper. French. 37×27 cm. Distorted picture of a bearded Jew with the Decalogue on his head and the text – the French Republic. Light blemishes. 27×37 cm. Fine condition.
Poster from the Italian government in Leghorn, 1833. A list of lawyers ‘only for the Jews and amongst the Jews. [1] leaf. Italian. Original fold. 42 cm. Very fine condition.
Anti-Semitic engraving from Berta Etas Mundi depicting the crucifixion of a Christian by Jews. [1] leaf. 43×28 cm. Text on both sides. Latin. Very fine condition.
A new regulation granting exclusive authority to the Jew Moshe David Isaac from Ancona to deal with the property of a certain Jew. Rome, 1.2.1850. This power was granted by Pope Pius the 9th.Italian. 38.5 cm. [1] p. Excellent condition, quality paper.Pope Pius the 9th will forever be remembered for his refusal to return the Jewish child, Edgardo Mortara, to his family, after being kidnapped by the Pope’s police.
Editto. Henrico del Titolo di Sata Pudentiana Prete Cardinale Caetano di S. Rom. Chiesa Camerlengo.Regulation issued by the Roman government regarding bank guarantees for Jewish bankers. The title shows the Roman government’s coat of arms. Publicized on 9.8.1593 about 40 years after the establishment of the Rome ghetto (in 1555). This decree may be the result of the struggle between the leading Spanish marrano bankers – the House of Donna Gracia and Don Yosef – against the Christian rulers in Belgium and Rome.Italian. 39.5 cm. [1] p. Excellent condition. Quality paper. Tears with loss in the blank margins but not in text. Aging stains only in the margins. Exceptionally rare. A significant historical document.
Decree of Benedict XVI against Jewish apostates, obligating them to divorce their Jewish wifes [despite the fact that Catholicism forbids divorce). Fine condition.
A ruling priest in Ancona forbade Jews from purchasing a vegetable that they enjoyed. Stains. Marginal tears. Fine condition.
30 anti-Semitic illustrations from Hungarian newspapers. Headlines and text in Hungarian. Each illustration is pasted to a black cardboard. Various sizes. Very fine condition.
Anti-Semitic poster- caricature. A Jewish merchant leaning on sacks of flour and coffee while the French masses starve for bread. French newspaper, 19th century. [1] leaf. 23×25 cm. Very fine condition.
Burning the Jewish ghetto in Rome. Very fine condition. Anti-Semitic illustration. [1] leaf, 30×43 cm. Very fine condition.