Lot 1033
Anti-Semitism, Four pages including a 1939 Austrian "Jewish Property Tax" assessment of 1350 reichsmarks; a P.O.W. lettersheet from Auschwitz concentration camp from a Polish prisoner to his wife, 17 Sep 1943; a multicolor postal card featuring the "Eternal Jew" caricature; two covers with return addresses illustrating the Decree of 17 Aug 1938: that newborn Jews could receive only those given names approved by the Ministry of the Interior and that, as of 1 Jan 1939, they were obligated to take second given name—Israel for Males, Sara for females; and a 1970 U.S. cover signed by Martin Niemöller, a Protestant clergyman and outspoken Nazi critic who was arrested in 1937 and survived the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps.
Estimate 500 - 750
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| Realized $350 |
