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190. HOLOCAUST VICTIM PHOTOGRAPHS Group of 40 photographs of Holocaust victims, living and dead, including burned and starved prisoners, corpses in trenches, etc., a few images showing their liberators, all 3 1/4” x 4 1/2” b/w and bearing Russian backstamps. These images, second generation, were issued by the Russians just after the end of the war. Chilling. $200 - 300
186. BULGARIAN STAR OF DAVID BUTTON Scarce yellow bakelite six-pointed Star of David issued in Bulgaria and which Jews were obliged to wear on their clothing in lieu of the armbands found in most of the Nazi-occupied countries. The button, incised with black lines, bears squared end points and has two indented holes at center for sewing to a garment. Very good. $200 - 300
187. GERMAN “JUDE” CLOTH GARMENT BADGE Unused yellow cloth “Jude” patch obliged to be worn by Jews so as to be readily identified by government and military authorities. This example, ex: Israel, was hastily cut from a larger sheet printed with the same design which measures about 4 1/2” across. Fully consistent with legitimate examples. A number of stars of this exact type, issued in Germany, survived the war, presumably kept by those who survived or escaped. $300 - 400
191. PHOTOS OF PERSECUTION OF JEWS Group of eight second-generation photographs of Germans persecuting, mocking and executing their Jewish victims, all 3 1/4” x 4 1/2” b/w and bearing Russian backstamps. Images include laborers wearing Stars of David, a firing squad at work, Eastern European Jews being interrogated, etc. Very good. $200 - 300
192. (ANNE FRANK) Lot of four items related to Anne Frank, includes postal and first day covers signed by MIEP GIES, one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and four other Jews from the Nazis in an annex above Anne’s father’s business premises, HANNAH GOSLAR (b. 1928), a friend of Anne’s who attended the same school and then the Jewish Lyceum, signed in English and Hebrew; and JACQUELINE VAN MAARSEN (b. 1929), another friend of Anne’s. Her mother was able to remove the “J” from their family’s identity cards making it possible for them to flee the country. With EVA SCHLOSS (b. 1929), step-sister of Anne Frank who survived internment at Auschwitz, a signed paperback copy of her memoir Eva’s Story, 2011. Four pieces. $150 - 200
188. “JUDE” CLOTH STAR OF DAVID Scarce authentic “Jude” Star of David, 3 1/4” wide, 3 3/4” tall printed on yellow cloth, cut from a larger sheet of similar emblems. Unused. This emblem was, of course, required by law to be sewn to the clothing of German and Austrian Jews in order that they would be immediately recognizable by the public and civil and military authorities. $400 - 500 189. PERSECUTED JEWS Lot of eight original candid photographs of persecuted Jews, about 2 1/2” x 3” b/w, most from Eastern Europe. Images show various Jews one or two possibly wearing insignia, with one image showing a German motorcyclist with gorget. Of particular interest is a full-length image of a Jewish man rubbing his chin, hand labeled in German on verso: “Jud Suss Jewish riff raff”. Overall very good. $300 - 400
193. ORIGINAL HOLOCAUST ARTWORK Original charcoal and white paint depiction of the interior of a concentration camp barracks, 22 1/2” x 14 1/2” (sight), showing several figures in cramped conditions lying upon wooden bunks, a figure in the foreground seated and hunched-over, with several rats evident at lower-left. Unsigned. The image was done on thin cardboard with a matte white coating on the reverse which also bears an untranslated inscription in green ink, likely Hungarian. Set in a crude green frame “decoratively” covered in green cloth tape quite some time ago. Almost certainly a period piece, most likely done by a female ex-prisoner while at a DP camp. $600 - 800
194. ORIGINAL HOLOCAUST ARTWORK Original charcoal depiction of the interior of concentration camp barracks, 22 1/2” x 17” (sight), showing two women in a concentration camp barracks seated on straw bedding as they warm themselves before a crude stove made from an oil drum. Their laundry hangs on a line in the background. Unsigned. The image was done on thin cardboard with a matte white coating on the reverse which also bears an untranslated inscription in green ink, likely Hungarian. Set in a crude green frame “decoratively” covered in green cloth tape quite some time ago. Almost certainly a period piece, most likely done by a female ex-prisoner while at a DP camp. $600 - 800 195. ORIGINAL HOLOCAUST ARTWORK Original charcoal and white paint depiction of the interior of concentration camp barracks, 22 1/2” x 14 1/4” (sight), showing seven naked women in a concentration camp bathing chamber. One woman stands forelornly as a clothed man (a Kapo?) pours a bucket of water over her head and another man tends a large wash tub. A naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling. Signed with an illegible signature at bottom. The image was done on thin cardboard with a matte white coating on the reverse which also bears an untranslated inscription in green ink, likely Hungarian. Set in a crude green frame “decoratively” covered in green cloth tape quite some time ago. Almost certainly a period piece, most likely done by a woman ex-prisoner while at a DP camp. $600 - 800
196. ORIGINAL HOLOCAUST ARTWORK Original charcoal and white paint depiction of the interior of concentration camp barracks, 22 1/2” x 17 1/4” (sight), showing three women in a concentration camp barracks lying in a bunk head-to-feet, emaciated and near death. A shaft of light from the window illuminates their horrific condition. Signature illegible. The image was done on thin cardboard with a matte white coating on the reverse which also bears an untranslated inscription in green ink, likely Hungarian. Set in a crude green frame “decoratively” covered in green cloth tape quite some time ago. Almost certainly a period piece, most likely done by an ex-prisoner, probably a woman, while at a DP camp. $600 - 800
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