Bidspirit auction | She'erit Ha-Pleita. Italy Jewish DP

She'erit Ha-Pleita. Italy Jewish DP Camp. Orig. Photo of Wedding, 1940’s, PC size. - She'erit Ha-Pleita. Italy Jewish DP Camp. Orig. Photo of Wedding, 1940’s, PC size. Inscription on the wall: Mazal Tov And upper left – portrait of Chaim Weizman Cachet of a photographer: Foto Sabbia Bibiana Bagnolo P. Chaim Azriel Weizmann (/ˈkaɪm ˈwaɪtsmən/ KYME WYTE-smən;[a] 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952. Weizmann was instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and convincing the United States government to recognize the newly formed State of Israel in 1948.