Auction 80 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Jun 29, 2021
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Large Map of Kudirkos Naumiestis in Lithuania – Documentation of the Jewish Community before Its Destruction in the ...

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Large Map of Kudirkos Naumiestis in Lithuania – Documentation of the Jewish Community before Its Destruction in the Holocaust – Sketched from Memory by One of the Members of the Community – Chicago, 1971
Large map (approx. 200X200 cm.) of Kudirkos Naumiestis in Lithuania. Edited and sketched by Rachmiel (Ralf) Goldberg. Mimeographed manuscript. Chicago, 1971. Yiddish and some English.
A map of the Lithuanian city of Kudirkos Naumiestis, documenting the local Jewish community before its destruction in the Holocaust in 1941. Marked on the map are the houses of the Jewish residents, the institutions of the community (the synagogue, the Kloyz and the Beit Midrash, Chevra Kaddisha, and more) as well as the mass graves of the Jews who were murdered during the months of June-September 1941. On the lower part appears a small map of Lithuania.
In the margins, a short historical review of the 250 years of Jewish settlement in Kudirkos Naumiestis, until the destruction of the Jewish community during the Holocaust, and a description of the creation of the map by editor Rachmiel (Ralf) Goldberg. Goldberg writes that he sketched the map from memory, with the help of his friends, and notes that he chose to sketch the streets large and wide so that names could be added to them and mistakes that were surely made could be corrected (indeed, several names were added by hand to this map). He emphasizes the importance of the map for future generations, writing: "Perhaps … an offspring might randomly unfold the map, out of curiosity, and see a name he has once heard, or maybe he might notice how and when the destruction occurred, and then perhaps he might recall: do not forget and do not forgive" (Hebrew).
On verso, a sticker with information and folding instructions (Yiddish and English).
Approx. 200X200 cm (two conjoined sheets of paper, 200X100 cm each). Good-fair condition. Strips of tape to edges and center, front and back. Tears along edges and fold lines, some reinforced with tape. Paper yellow in part.

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