Group of twelve documents and certificates issued in China to the Polish Jew Mojsiej Abraham (Moshe Avraham) Trompler.

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 101

(HOLOCAUST)

Group of twelve documents and certificates issued in China to the Polish Jew Mojsiej Abraham (Moshe Avraham) Trompler.

Including: Polish Certificate of Identity. <<*>> Permit for Temporary Stay in Japan. <<*>> Passport for travel to Hangzhou. <<*>> Passport for travel to Shanghai. <<*>> Identity card from the Polish Residents Association in China. <<*>> Residency documents from the Shanghai Ashkenazi Collaborating Relief Association (SACRA) and Shanghai Stateless Refugee Affairs. <<*>> UNRRA Certificate of Employment. 1946. <<*>> Letters of recommendation. Documents in Polish, English, Japanese, Chinese and Hebrew.

1943-49

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

Born in Warsaw in 1910, Trompoler arrived on his own to Shanghai from Kobe, Japan, in August 1941. Active in Mizrachi, he was the movement’s secretary in Shanghai, and in the post-war years stayed in China in order to assist the Jewish Agency with their efforts to organize migration to Israel. Alongside these works, Trompoler was employed as an electrician for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). Trompoler found sanctuary in Asia as he had obtained a visa issued in Kaunas by Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara. This visa was sold at auction, Kestenbaum Sale 66, lot 222.