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Auction 85 · Lot 108
Fragment of a Torah scroll, defaced by a Nazi soldier.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $650
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(HOLOCAUST)
Description
2.5 columns, black ink on vellum, containing the text of Numbers 14:20-16:7. Right side torn from a natural seam in the scroll, left side cut with scissors. Inscription on verso reads: “Feldpost / Frau M. Radetzke / Berlin-Schlachtensee / Donnhauser-str 15.” Signed by Zgw. Radetzki, 457184. With stamp of the Nazi postal service. Later Spanish typed description stapled to the sacred scroll.