Auction 093 Kodesh books, Rabanic manuscripts, Zionism, Erez Israel. Judaica, archaeology and Jewish art
Apr 5, 2016
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 42:

Pictorial review - Va'ad Ha'hatzala in Germany, Photocopied report. New York, 1948. Rare.

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Pictorial review - Va'ad Ha'hatzala in Germany, Photocopied report. New York, 1948. Rare.
30 cm, 254 pages, mainly illustrations, facsimiles and photographs. 
Rare and important documentation regarding the activities of Va'ad Ha'hatzala in Germany after the Holocaust under the management of Rabbi Nathan Baruch, who worked to rehabilitate the survivors who were refugees in the camps in Germany. The report documents, among other things, support of the survivors, the establishment of kosher kitchens, yeshivot, Talmud Torahs and orphanages. Includes photographs of all of the rabbis of the committee, pictures and letters of Rabbi Herzog, and correspondence of the Va'ad with high-ranking political figures.
Original colorful cardboard cover. Apart from a cloth spine which is partially torn, very fine condition.