Auction 60 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Mar 20, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St. Jerusalem 9242209
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LOT 305:

"Help Writing the Story of Destruction" - Poster - Munich, 1947

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Helft shrayben di geshikjte fun letstn khurban [Help writing the story of the last destruction]. Issued by the Central Historical Commission, at the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American Zone of Occupation in Germany. Munich, 1947.
Poster calling to document testimonies about the holocaust period, with an impressive illustration by F. Schwartz. The illustration depicts three figures on the background of a barbed wire fence. In the foreground appear a quill pen, an inkwell and an open scroll, blank, except for the word "It was in the days of…" (Hebrew) written in red ink.
42X58 cm. Good condition. Tears along folding lines and at margins. Small open tears. Creases. Some stains.

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