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Pictorial Review. Vaad Hatzala-Germany
by Vaad Hatzalah (Baruch, Nathan)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Munich: Vaad Hatzala, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Ex-library. 4to. 254,[8]pp. Expertly rebacked in orange cloth with illustrated paste-down on front and rear cover, as issued. Binding protected by modern mylar. Color illustrated title-page. Vaad Hatzalah (Committee for Rescuing) was an organization to rescue European Jews from the Holocaust as well as to help the survivors in their attempt to create a new life after the destruction of their families, institutions and communities. It was founded in 1939 by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs in duo tone & b/w and reproductions of letters by the Department of State, War Department, Navy Department, and others. It shows newly created schools and institutions along with the survivors and their leadership in the German and Austrian DP camps circa 1946-48. It is the best photo-illustrated documentary history of these displaced persons and the camps they lived and worked in. Age wear and some staining on binding. Library stamp on top margin of title-page and on last leaf. Age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Text in German, Hebrew and English. Overall very good condition.
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- Seller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24107
- Title
- Pictorial Review. Vaad Hatzala-Germany
- Author
- Vaad Hatzalah (Baruch, Nathan)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Vaad Hatzala
- Place of Publication
- Munich
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Post WW II, european jewry, european jews, emergency committee for war-torn yeshivas, Agudath Harabbanim, jewish refugees, jewish charities
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- VG
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- Rebacked
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