Buchstäblich wahr! Die Auswanderung der Wiener Juden nach Amerika. [Literally true! The Emigration of Viennese Jews to America]
AUCTION 35 |
Tuesday, November 21st,
2006 at 1:00
Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 14
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Buchstäblich wahr! Die Auswanderung der Wiener Juden nach Amerika. [Literally true! The Emigration of Viennese Jews to America]
(Vienna): Leopold Sommer (1848-1850)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
This antisemitic broadside celebrates the emigration of Jews from Austria to America."Perhaps the climate of America will seduce the Jews to do something they have never done before: Work! "
Allusion is made to an earlier, unsuccessful emigration of Prague Jewry: “In the time of King Wenzel, they emigrated from Prague with flags raised, 10,000 [Jews] on their way to Africa. There they hoped to establish a new Kingdom of Judah as they believed the Messiah had arrived there.” See EJ, Vol. XIII, col. 965.