Group of 21 black-and-white photo-postcards depicting daily life of the Jews of Sanz, Poland.

(PHOTOGRAPHY).

Sanz, c. 1920

With descriptive notes on verso of each image in pencil in German and occasional English.

Charming images from Sanz - or in German: “Neu Sandez” - a town in Southern Poland, home of the illustrious Grand Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (the Divrei Chaim, 1793-1876) and the Sanz Chassidic dynasty, the precursor to the Bobov and Klausenberg dynasties. The Jewish community of Sanz was entirely obliterated following the German invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939. Images here include scenes of visits to the Jewish cemetery, the grave of the Grand Rabbi, a carriage ride through town, a book seller, merchants of pots, shoes, and produce - including young boys and girls, and other market and genre scenes.