Auction 014 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
By Kedem
Jun 5, 2018
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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Photographs from "Ram Yaar" Sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, Post-Holocaust / Dutch Typewritten Translation of ...

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Photographs from "Ram Yaar" Sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, Post-Holocaust / Dutch Typewritten Translation of Psalms / Pinkhof Family
Collection of photographs and documents from the estate of Yehudah and Ruchama Pinkhof. Holland, Switzerland and Israel, 1930s-40s through the second half of 20th century. Dutch.
Photographs and a Dutch translation of "Tehilim" (Psalms), from the estate of Yehudah and Ruchama Pinkhof, from the Dutch Pinkhof family. Some of the sons and daughters of this family were prominent activists in the "Pioneers Underground" in Holland during the holocaust.
1-6. Six photographs taken in Hohwald – "Ram Yaar" Sanotorium in Davos, Switzerland, and its vicinity, winter 1946-1947.
The photographs depict the sanatorium building (from outside), dining room of the sanatorium, the couple Pinkhof together, and Ruchama Pinkhof. Three of the photographs are ink-stamped "Photo Gehri", Davos, one is ink-stamped "Photohaus Berger", Davos, and one is not stamped.
8.5X6.5 cm to 10X15.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Creases. Handwritten inscriptions, in pencil and in pen.
6-8. Photograph of Yehudah Pinkhof (apparently also from Davos), a postcard sent from Davos to Palestine in December 1946, and a small photograph of the Sanatorium in Davos (cut out of a postcard).
9. About 100 typewritten leaves (some are carbon-copies), with a Dutch translation of "Tehilim" (Psalms). Comments, corrections and many notes in handwriting (most probably written in preparation for printing).
On top of one of the leaves appears the title "Derde Literatuuravond NZB" – "third literary evening, NZB" (Nederlandse Zionistenbond=NZB), and the date - "Autumn 1934".
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Enclosed are 40 family photographs of the Pinkhof family, from different periods (some from the 1940s and some taken in Israel in the second half of the 20th century). One photograph is titled on the back "Eindhoven 1945".

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