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Bidding Information
Lot #
24596
Auction End Date
9/22/2009 10:28:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Tractate Sabbath
Title (Hebrew)
úìîåã ááìé, îñëú ùáú
Author
[Holocaust]
City
Shanghai, China
Publisher
Torah Ohr
Publication Date
1942-43
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
247:170 mm., light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original blue cloth boards, rubbed.
Detailed
Description
Tractate Sabbath printed for the use of the Holocaust refugees in Shanghai. From 1933 to 1941, Shanghai accepted over 30,000 Jewish refugees coming from war torn Europe. The city contained 25,000 Jewish refugees when the Pacific War erupted in the latter part of 1941. In July 1942, Colonel Josef Meisinger of the Gestapo arrived in Shanghai and put forth the “Final Solution in Shanghai” to Japanese authorities. Although the plan was not put into effect due to various reasons, the Japanese proclaimed “The Designated Area for Stateless Refugees”, ordering all Jews who had arrived since 1937 to move into the area within a month. The Jews remained within the confined area in a perilous position for nearly four years, threatened by execution. In the above ghetto the world famous Yeshivas Mir flourished with many students studying torah for long hours. In their haste to escape the European mayhem all books were left behind, necessitating the printing of the current lot.
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:
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Location
Other:
China
Subject
Other:
Holocaust
Characteristic
Language:
Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
