Luach - Jodisk Almanak 5704.

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 145
(HOLOCAUST).

Luach - Jodisk Almanak 5704.

Text in Hebrew and Danish. With 16 pp. of advertisements of Jewish businesses. Mint condition. pp. 32. Original stiff printed wrappers. 8vo.

Copenhagen: Hertz - Bogtrykkergaarden 1943

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,100
JEWISH CALENDAR FROM 1943-1944. MOST SCARCE. The Jews of Denmark, Germany's smaller neighbor to the north, remained virtually unmolested for three and a half years, from the German occupation on April 9th, 1940, until the crisis at the end of August 1943. At that time, the Nazi's impending intentions to deport the Jews of Denmark became known and a short while later, on the very eve of Rosh Hashanah - through a concerted effort on the part of both the Jewish community and the Danish resistance movement - the majority of Danish Jewry were spirited away by boat to safety in neutral Sweden where they stayed until the end of the war. Consequently, this Luach was produced for Jews in a country where at the time, none were there.