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Heinrich York-Steiner. Der Talmudbauer. Unterwegs. Erzaehlungen. Illust, 1st 1904, in German, Art nouveau design, Holocaust Litho Ex Libris - Heinrich York-Steiner. Der Talmudbauer. Unterwegs. Erzaehlungen. Illust, 1st 1904, in German, Art nouveau design, Holocaust Litho Ex Libris Meinen lieben Gastfreunden, den Kolonisten in Judaea, zugeeignet Berlin, Juedischer Verlag. Gedruckt bei Pass & Garleb, Berlin., N.d. [1904], 306, (12) pp., Holocaust Litho Ex Libris by Aaron Fastovsky FASTOVE, signed in the plate. His Ex libris was mounted on BOOKS which were rescued, saved and recovered from the HOLOCAUST FLAMES and RUINS by the ”JCR” (JEWISH CULTURAL RECONSTRUCTION) Woodcut editor’s logo by Joseph Budko Orig. light grey cloth stamped hard cover, printed and decorated in gold, size: 23 x 17 cm. Condition: light wear to cover; light brown /brown fragile paper; some tears to edges because of fragile paper Weight: 670 gr. Heinrich Elchanan York-Steiner (1859–1934), Zionist publicist and author. Born in Senica (Hungary; now Slovakia), York-Steiner entered business in Vienna in his early youth. Self-educated in literature and art, he went to the U.S., returned to Vienna in 1884, and became director of a publishing house and an editor. After the appearance of Der Judenstaat, he joined Theodor *Herzl and became an ardent Zionist. He participated in the March 1897 conference that decided to convoke the First Zionist Congress and was responsible for the technical preparation of the central Zionist organ, Die *Welt. At the First Zionist Congress (1897) he submitted, on behalf of the organization commission, the proposals for adapting the constitution of the World Zionist Movement to the legislative requirements of various countries. These proposals became the basis of the Statute of the Zionist Organization. At the Sixth Zionist Congress in Basle (August 1903) he was an outspoken opponent of the *Uganda Scheme. While in Rome, York-Steiner heard about the disappointing results of Herzl's visit there. He called on the papal secretary of state in February 1904 and was finally authorized to state that the Apostolic See would not object to Jewish settlement in Palestine on humanitarian grounds. He published a report on the interview in Die Welt (no. 14, 1904). After Herzl's death York-Steiner fought for strict adherence to Herzl's political Zionism and strongly opposed the gradual expansion of Zionist activities to other spheres in the Diaspora according to the *Helsingfors Program (1906), as well as premature, unorganized settlement in Ere? Israel. When the practical Zionists attained the leadership of the movement, he left it (1911). During World War i he visited the U.S. on behalf of the Austrian Freemasons to seek the immediate cessation of hostilities. In the late 1920s he joined the *Revisionist movement, but was no longer active. He settled in Palestine in 1933, having visited the country repeatedly since 1898. Among his publications are Kuenstlerfahrten vom Atlantischen bis zum Stillen Ozean (New York, 1883); Anti; Croccolos Synagoge; Der barmherzige Bruder (three stories, 1895); Mutter Eva (1897); Der Talmudbauer (1904); Der hohe Kurs (1908); Bedeutet der Krieg einen Ausnahmszustand? (1915); Vom sterbenden Geld (1921); Die Kunst als Jude zu leben (1928), containing many biographical notes and reminiscences; and ”Aus Herzl's letzter Zeit” (in Tulo Nussenblatt, Zeitgenossen ueber Herzl, 1929, 213–17). He also published many articles in various Jewish and Zionist magazines. Joseph Budko (born August 27, 1888 in Płońsk, Russian Empire; died July 17, 1940 in Jerusalem, League of Nations Mandate for Palestine) was a Jewish-Polish artist who worked predominantly in Berlin and later in Jerusalem. LITHO EXLIBRIS OF Aaron Fastovsky FASTOVE (1898-1979) DESCRIPTION : This JEWISH-HEBREW bookplate was designed and published ca 1947, Right at the end of the period of the WWII and the HOLOCAUST in the Amercan Zone of GERMANY and in the USA By the ”JEWISH CULTURAL RECONSTRUCTION, INC. (JCR)” (JCR), organization established in 1947 to deal with the collection and redistribution of heirless Jewish cultural property in the American Zone of Germany, centered in Offenbach and later in Wiesbaden. Its headquarters were in New York and its logistical and financial support came from the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO). This EXLIBRIS, with its illustration and BLUE MAGEN DAVID (Also DAVID STAR or DAVID SHIELD or DAVID SHIELD OF ARMS) was mounted on BOOKS which were rescued, saved and recovered from the HOLOCAUST FLAMES and RUINS by the ”JCR”. The JEWISH artist of RUSSIAN descent who created this bookplate is signed in the plate - Aaron FASTOVE (Fastovsky).