Auction 24 · Lot 222
(ZIONISM).
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $800
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
printer
H.M. Stationery Office
Place
London
Publication
1946
Description
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry Regarding the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine. Lausanne, 20th April, 1946. On title, seal of British crown. pp. (4), 80. original wrappers. (London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1946). * Maps Relating to the Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry Regarding the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine. Five foldout colored maps of Palestine: 1) Relief; 2) Rainfall; 3) Population; 4 )Land in Jewish Possession; 5) Land Classification. Folio (London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1946)
summary
Detailed information, country by country, concerning the European survivors of the Holocaust, as well as the prevailing conditions in Palestine, to which, it is estimated “as many as 500,000 (Jews) may wish to, or be impelled to, emigrate from Europe” (p. 15). Nonetheless, the Committee would deny the “right to return” claimed by Jews (p. 7)