Reports Concerning Atrocities Committed against Jews During the Russian Civil War.
AUCTION 55 |
Thursday, June 21st,
2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 205
(RUSSIA).
Reports Concerning Atrocities Committed against Jews During the Russian Civil War.
(Russia): circa 1920
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,200
Reports the gravity of the situation confronting Russian Jewry in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, when Reds and Whites battled one another and Jews were caught - often savagely - in the middle.
One of these linen-reports speaks of [Anton] Denikin, General of the White Army in the Russian Civil War (1918-1920) and atrocities committed by his forces against the Jews of Yekaterinoslav (Ukraine). There is also mention of Rabbi Mazeh (Chief Rabbi of Moscow).
It is likely that linen was employed in order to better smuggle out this information to the outside world.