Auction 17
Eretz Israel, anti-Semitism, Holocaust, postcards and photographs, Maps and travel books, Judaica, Rabbinical Letters, and more
By DYNASTY
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Sep 14, 2022
Abraham Ferrera 1 , Jerusalem, Israel
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The auction will take place on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 19:00 (Israel time).
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LOT 113:
Chevra Kadisha - gravediggers. Eastern Europe, 1916
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Sold for: $320 (₪1,096)
₪1,096
Start price:
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180
Buyer's Premium: 22%
VAT: 17%
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Chevra Kadisha - gravediggers. Eastern Europe, 1916
A rare Real photo postcard of the group of gravediggers of the Chevra Kadisha, Sent by mail with a "Danzig" Division stamp, from Eastern Europe, on July 22, 1916.
A group photograph of Chevra Kadisha gravediggers holding shovels in their hands after they finished burying the dead. The one standing second from the right is holding the charity fund for collecting money on the day of death for the upliftment of the dead soul. Photographed after the German occupation of the town of Lodz during the First World War.
extremely rare. It does not appear in Gerard Silvain's book "Yiddish land" which contains a treasure of rare Jewish photo postcards from Eastern Europe from the time of the First World War.
9x14 cm. Very good condition.
