The Vanished World, published by the Forward Association, New York, 1947. English and Yiddish.
An impressive album book edited by Raphael Abramowitz containing 530 varied photographs [the size of an entire page] from various Jewish cities and villages in Eastern Europe, which depict Jewish community life in pre-Holocaust Eastern Europe: photographs of Jewish figures, synagogues, streets, stores, and daily life.
The book is divided into two parts – photographs of streets and buildings in Jewish cities, and photographs of Jewish figures. It also contains photographs of important Rebbes [The Spinka Rebbe], well-known Rabbis [Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, Rabbi Aharon Kotler], photographs of important funerals, yeshivot, pioneers and more. Each photograph is described in Yiddish and English. Most of the photographs were taken by Roman Vishniac, M. Kipnis and Alter Kacyzna.
Original stained cloth binding [with a picture – a woodcut by the artist Shlomo Yudovin]. A few leaves are detached.
[583] pages. 20 cm.
Moderate-fine condition.
Pinkas HaKehillot, on the Jewish communities from their establishment until after the Holocaust of the Second World War, published by Yad Vashem. Six thick volumes replete with important historical content, maps, and historical photographs from the various Jewish communities.
* Germany, edited by Dr. Baruch Zvi Ophir, Jerusalem 1973.
* Poland, 2 volumes. Volume one – Lodz and its environs edited by Danuta Dabrowska & Abraham Wein, Jerusalem 1976. Volume 2 – Eastern Galicia edited by Danuta Dabrowska, Avraham Wein and Aharon Weiss, Jerusalem 1980.
* Hungary, edited by Theodore Lavi and Netanel Katzburg, Jerusalem 1976.
* Romania, 2 volumes edited by Dr. Theodore Lavi, Aviva Brushi, and Zvi Shal. Volume one – Jerusalem 1970. Volume two – Jerusalem 1980.
Enclosed are two booklets of “Pinkas HaKehillot Leket Arachim” in Hebrew and English, published by Yad Vashem, 1963.
All six volumes have original illustrated paper covers.
Slight tears in the paper cover. Very fine condition.
Sha’agat Aryeh by Rabbi Leib Ginzburg, Munich 1947. Published by the Va’ad Hatzalah. The first book printed by the Va’ad Hatzalah in Germany after the War. The preface notes: “The lack of books of the Nation of the Book in Germany, encouraged us to print works necessary for yeshiva students….this is the first book that we successfully….published, this valuable Sha’agas Aryeh.” [92] leaves. 24 cm. Original cardboard binding with gilt title, tears in the spine. Fine condition.
Three community books from the “Kehillot Yisrael” series published by ‘Yad Yahadur Polin Irgun Olami Shel Yotzei Polin, Galicia V’Lita’.
Books about Jewish communities throughout Poland: Ostrów Mazowiecka, Ozorkow, and Ostrog. 1966-1967. Accompanied by photographs of the Rabbis of the communities, various public buildings, synagogues, manuscripts and more.
Original pleasant cloth bindings with gilded writing.
The three books are in excellent condition.
Eight books published by the She’erit HaPeleta, post-Holocaust Germany. * Toldot Yaakov Yosef parts one and two in one volume. Keter printing press. Landsberg, [Germany], 1949. * Keset HaSofer by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, published by Va’ad HaHatzalah, Munich 1947. * ‘Shema Koleinu’ prayer book, prayers for the entire year, Stockholm 1946 [‘Intended for the destroyed Jewish communities which are now being rebuilt’, fifty thousand copies were printed]. * Pirkie Avot with the commentaries Mishlei Avot, Emunat Avot and Ma’aseh Avot, a gift from the Va’ad Hatzalah L’She’erit HaPeleata, Munich 1947. * Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Keter printing press, Yiddish teitsch. * Machzor for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur according to the Sephardi custom, printed and distributed by the Joint, Germany, 1946. * Simlah Chadasha on the laws of ritual slaughter and treifot with the commentary Mateh Asher, Augsburg 1947. * Chovot HaLevavot, brought to print by Naftali Binyamin Eckstein in memory of his parents who were murdered in the Holocaust. Sizes and conditions vary, overall fine condition.
Six community books, most of them about communities in Poland which were destroyed in the Holocaust.
* Szumsk, a memorial book for the martyrs of Szumsk who were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust in 1942, edited by Chaim Rabin.
* Zachor. From the days of the death trains, Tel Aviv 1945.
* The Warsaw Ghetto Diary, New York 1957.
* Book of Suchowola. Published by Encyclopedia of Diasporas, Tel Aviv 1957.
* Radom. A work about the Radom community edited by A. S. Stein published by the Irgun Yotzei Radom B’Yisrael U’Btfutzot. 1962.
* The History of the Community of Rakospalota by Rachel Aharoni, 1978.
Sizes and conditions vary, overall fine condition.
Chamisha Chumshei Torah, gift from the Vaad Hatzalah L’Sheirit HaPleita. Printed by the committee for publishing books of the Vaad Hatzalah. Munich, 1947. Chumash and Megillot Ruth, Lamentations and Ecclesiastes, with Peirush Rashi and Onkelos. Colored, lithograph title page. 60, 55, [1], 56-97, 48, [1], 49-97 leaves. 17 cm. Faded cardboard binding. The back binding is torn and taped. Missing the frontispiece with the thank-you dedication to the American Nation and their president from the rabbis of the Vaad Hatzalah. Fine condition.
Special edition for those who studied the Daf Yomi and Mishna Yomit (the first work of the Mishnah Yomit operation), Munich, 1947. Published by the “Va’ad L’Hotzat Sefarim” of the Vaad Hatzalah. This was the first work printed in the framework of the Daf Yomi and Mishnah Yomit. It was followed by three other tractates. The book opens with a letter from the Vaad Hatzala, Germany, followed by a chart for the Daf Yomi and Mishnah Yomit for 1947-1952. Underneath the chart is a special prayer in memory of the Holocaust victims. [1], 31, 10, [1], 16-25 leaves. Detached bindings, moderate condition.
* Chanukah, The Festival of Lights for the Children of Israel in the European Diaspora, published by the cultural departments of the Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the American occupation zone in Germany and the Joint Distribution Committee and the Youth Aliya department of the Jewish Agency in Palestine. Munich 1946. Illustrations and music notes. [1] 59 pages. 20 cm.
* She’erit Hapleitah’s youth readings, legends, tales, stories. Munich 1946, published by the center of the Poalei Zion party association in Germany. Booklet B. 51 pages. 21 cm.
Stained, fine condition.
Three books published by the She’erit HaPleita, Germany.
* Sha’agat Aryeh by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Ginsburg, Munich 1947, published by the Va’ad Hatzalah, the first book published for the She’erit HaPleita in Germany after the Holocaust. Not bound.
* A machzor for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, in Sephard liturgy, Munich 1949 for the She’erit HaPleita in Germany by “Religious Office of the Joint”. From Rabbi Shlomo Shapiro in the foreword: “The Religious office of the Joint… in their modest and quiet work, which helped you to build the temporary lives here in the diaspora of Germany on the foundations of religious and traditions of the fathers – aspires to see you in the State of Israel which is being built with the help of the Rock of Israel”.
* Tractate Yevamot published by the Va’ad HaHatzalah New York, 1951.
Sizes and conditions vary.
Psalms, printed by the committee for publishing books of the Vaad Hatzalah. Munich. 1948. Hebrew and English. Tehilim with English translation on facting pages. With nice colored illustrations decorating 13 pages. Printed in Munich after the Holocaust by the “Vaad Hatzalah L’Sheirit HaPleita,” headed by Rabbi Naftali Baruch and Rabbi Aviezer Burstein. This is a rare, unlisted book that was published for the refugees. 150, [1] leaves. 14 cm. Fine condition. Original binding with caption: Vaad Hatzala. The spine is slightly peeling.
Yiddish-Hebrew dictionary, by Yisrael Yevareichu “Printed for the children of the She’erit Hapleita in the camps in the German and American zones”. Kassel, Germany, 1947. An illustrated title page with a disparaging cartoon in which Hitler’s head is depicted peeking over a swastika holing a knife, with a Torah scroll and holy items in flames beneath him. In the center is a large Star of David, surrounded by illustrations which express the Jewish revival: various figures of Jews from around the world facing the Land of Israel, the Hebrew University building, a Jewish prayer quorum in the synagogue during the reading of the Torah, and Moshe holding the Tablets of the Covenant. One of the rarer She’erit Hapleita books. [4] 262 pages. Original cardboard binding, slightly bent. Fine condition.
* Yizkor Buch Kariv. Memorial book for our village of Kurow. Published by the Society for former Kurow residents in Israel, Tel Aviv, 1955. * Sefer Drohobych, Boryslaw, v’havseviva, published by the Society for former Drohobych, Boryslav and area residents, Tel Aviv, 1959. * Sefer Zikaron L’Kehillot Wadowice, Andrychow, Kalvarija, Mishilnitz and Sukka, published by the Society of Wadowice emigrants, 1967. * Minsk Ir V’Em, Minsk Jewry from its inception through 1917, published by the Kibbutz HaMeuchad, 1975. * Sefer Nadvorna V’Haseviva, published by the Societies for former Nadvorna residents in Israel and the United States, 1975. * Sefer HaZikaron L’Kehillat Kamin Koshirsky V’Haseviva, published by the Society for former Kamin-Koshirsky and area residents in Israel, 1965. * Babruysk, published by the Society for former Babruysk residents in the State of Israel and the United States, 1967, two volumes. * Kehillat Yehudei Dąbrowa Górnicza V’Churbana, published by the Society for former residents of Dąbrowa Górnicza in Israel, 1971. * Pinsk, Sefer Eidut V’Zikaron L’Kehillat Pinsk-Karlin, published by the Society for former residents of Pinsk-Karlin in the State of Israel, 1973. Two volumes. * Yehudei Kezmarok V’HaSeviva B’Shoah, published by the “Council for former Kezmaork residents and the area.” * Eish Tamid – Yizkor L’Dołhinów, published by the Society for former residents of Dołhinów in Israel. * Sefer Zikaron L’Zecher HaIryot Rafaluvka HaYeshana, Rafaluvka HaChadasha, Olizark, Zoludzk, V’Haseviva. Tel Aviv, 1996. * Sefer Telz [Lithuania], Matzevet Zikaron L’Kehila Kedosha, published by the Society for former Telze residents in Israel. * Marot V’dimuyot Me’iriot Drohobych, Boryslaw, v’sevivatan, 2005. Varying sizes and conditions. Overall very fine condition.
Five communities books, most of them about Hungarian communities. * Sefer Zikaron L’Kehilat Salish V’Haseviva. By Shmuel HaKohen Weingarten, published by the Association for Former Szolos [Vynohradiv] Residents in Israel. 1976. * Toldot Kehilat Rakospalota by Rochel Dushinksy. 1978. * Sefer Zikaron L’Yehudei Mád published by the Committee for Memorializing the Mád Victims. Jerusalem, 1974. * Sefer Yizkor L’Kidoshei Csenger, Porcsalma V’Haseviva by Shlomo Friedman. Tel Aviv, 1967. * Tchensetachever Yidden. Illustrated by Arthur Szyk. Various sizes and conditions, overall very fine condition.
Collection of booklets printed in Germany. Certificates from institutions established for Holocaust survivors in Germany. 1947, 1948.
* Chag HaUrim. Booklet 1. For Chanukah. Compilation of articles, stories, photographs and songs. Published by the Bnei Akiva organization in Germany. Munich. Kislev/December 1947.
* Mikraot LaNoar . Aggadah, tales, and stories. Published by Merkaz Mifleget Poalei Tziyon Hitachdut in Germany, with the organization’s stamp. Munich. Av 1947.
* Membership card. For the Holocaust Survivors’ Teachers’ Union in Germany. Named for Moshe Weinfeld, who worked as a teacher in the Hannah Szenes Hebrew School in Eichstatt. 1947.
* [2] certificates for student Holocaust survivors. From the Hannah Szenes Hebrew School in Eichstatt.
Various sizes and conditions. Overall moderate-fine condition.
Booklet for Tu BiShvat. Published by the Jewish Agency’s bureau for youth aliyah. Munich, Tevet, 1937.
Specifications: [16] leaves. 20 cm. Color jacket cover.
Condition: Fine. Detached binding.
Collection of [5] books published by Holocaust survivors.
* Baal Shem Tov , published by Y. M. Yoskowitz and Y. S. Perlman, Yitzchaki publishers. Landsberg, 1948. * Degel Machaneh Efraim. Published by D.G.L.. Germany, 1948. * Maggid Devarav L’Yaakov ( Likutei Amarim) . Copy of the Lublin edition 1927. [Zolkiew], 1944. * Talmud Bavli Masechet Yevamot . Vaad HaHatzalah. Munich, 1947. * Chovat HaLevavot by Rabbeinu Bachaya. Dissen, 1946.
Varying sizes and conditions. Most in very fine condition.
Ner Mitzvah . Halachahs for children. Written by A. Z. Rabinowitz. Vilna. 1911. Stamped ‘Tnuat Torah V’Avodah B’Machanot Karaolus, Cypress’; ‘The Committee for the Exiles of Cyprus by the Jewish Agency, the National Committee in Cooperation with the Joint.
Specifications: 65 pages. 20 cm.
Background: Detention camps in Cyprus were camps established in Cyprus by the British government from August 1946 until November 1949 for the incarceration of illegal immigrants to the Land of Israel.
Condition: Very fine.
