Ruth. Deutsches Gebet und Erbauungsbuch fuer Israelitische Maedchen. Edited by J. Brandreis.

Estimate

$500–$700

Hammer price

$650

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author

(HOLOCAUST).

printer

J. Brandreis

Place

Breslau

Publication

1908

Description

German text with occasional Hebrew. With frontispiece portrait of the Biblical Ruth. German Manuscript endpapers relate the experiences in Theresienstadt of Family Kaufmann from Neuss (near Duesseldorf).

summary

Prayers for women for Sabbath, Festivals and various occasions. The handwritten entries in this volume refer to the death in Theresienstadt of Ida Kaufmann (1876-1942) as recorded by her husband Leonard Kaufmann. The entries also mention Ida’s sister and brother-in-law Louise and Max Spier as also being in Theresienstadt and who in 1943 also perished there (according to the Gedenkbuch). The only survivor of the family was Charlie (Charlotte) who was able to emigrate to England in 1939. The book was a gift to her from her parents on the occasion of her 15th birthday. Comprehensive English translation of the manuscript entries along with further background materials relating to the family accompanies this lot.

pp. xiv, 197. Previous owner’s inscriptions on front flyleaf. Contemporary boards, loose. 8vo.

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