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Original Photograph (Press Photo) Featuring the Bobover Rebbe. Poland, 1931. This rare original - Original Photograph (Press Photo) Featuring the Bobover Rebbe. Poland, 1931. This rare original photograph was taken in 1931 in Bobov, Poland, by the renowned photographer Ze'ev (Wilhelm) Alexandrowicz. In it, we see the Bobover Rebbe accompanying his son-in-law, R' Moshe Stempel, on the day of his wedding; they are surrounded by a large crowd of Bobover Hassidim. The present photograph was used as a press photo 8 years later, in 1939, for a Sunday magazine newspaper article. A clipping from that newspaper is adhered to the photo's reverse, preserving the original caption that appeared beneath the photograph. The caption expresses concern over the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. The date that the photograph was featured, 25 June 1939, is stamped on the photo's reverse. On July 28, 1941, almost exactly two years after this press photo was used to bring attention to dangerous rise of antisemitism in Europe, the Bobover Rebbe was murdered by the Nazis alongside three of his sons-in-law. R' Moshe Stempel, the bridegroom in this photograph, was one of them. R' Ben Zion Halberstam, the second Bobover Rebbe, was born in 1834 in the Galician town of Bokovsk. At the age of 31, after the death of his father R' Shlomo, he was crowned as Rebbe and became the leader of thousands of Bobover chassidim. Known for his wisdom and greatness both in Torah and other worldly affairs, R' Ben Zion Halberstam was a much beloved leader. 20 x 25.5 cm.