Collection of Proclamations, Donation Cards and Printed Paper Items – Organizations for the Rescue of German and ...

Collection of Proclamations, Donation Cards and Printed Paper Items – Organizations for the Rescue of German and Austrian Jews in Palestine – 1938-1939
Twelve proclamations, donation cards and other paper items printed by aid and rescue organizations for German and Austrian Jews in Palestine. Tel Aviv and Haifa, ca. 1938-1939. Hebrew and German.
1. "For the Rescue of German and Austrian Children", proclamation issued by the Tel Aviv Municipality calling on the public to take part in an "Effort to Bring German and Austrian Children to Palestine". Tel Aviv: M. Shoham. "We are distributing questionnaires to the residents of Tel Aviv, to be filled in by those wishing to take part in the effort". Signed in print: "Y. Rokach, Mayor".
2. Questionnaire issued by "The League for Bringing Children to Palestine, the Municipal Committee for the Rescue of German and Austrian Children, Tel Aviv Municipality. Distributed to residents of Tel Aviv in order to assess how many of them are prepared to provide room and board to children from Germany or Austria.
3. "To the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine! / An den Jischuw in Erez Israel", proclamation issued by the "League for Releasing Austrian Prisoners" headed by Chaim Weizmann. Tel Aviv: Hotza'at Eretz Israel. Notice regarding the project's creation and a detailed list of the organization's members and trustees. Printed on both sides, one side in Hebrew and the other in German.
4-5. Two donation cards – "Aid to Austrian Prisoners", in the value of 500 and 250 mils. Printed on the cards' reverse is a list of regulations: "The sums to be collected by the society will be transferred to the directorate of the 'League for Releasing Austrian Prisoners' and will be dedicated to the transfer of Austrian children to Palestine".
6. Invitation on behalf of the "German Olim Union" (inscription added beneath the logo: "United with the Austrian Olim Union"), typewritten and mimeographed, to a "Closed Assembly" on August 10, 1938. Discussion of the "conditions of immigration and transfer, aid to new immigrants, the prospects for Youth Aliyah" and other topics. Hebrew and German.
7. Invitation on behalf of the "Austrian Olim Union, Haifa", handwritten and mimeographed, to a "People's Assembly" on 4 January 1939. Discussion of "the country's development and the financial prospects for Austrian immigrants". Hebrew and German.
8-9. Two letters, typewritten on official stationery of the "Yishuv Effort for Austria and Germany", sent by Max Tischler to Karl Hirsch in January 1939, Haifa. German. With an illustrated emblem with the inscription: "Release of Austrian and German Prisoners". Beneath the logo is a list of members and trustees.
10. Letter, typewritten on official stationery of the "Middle Class Organization, Haifa", sent to K. [Karl?] Hirsch on 8 January 1939. Proposal for the purchase and development of a plot of land near Kiryat Motzkin, for "middle-class families from among the Austrian immigrants". Signed on the bottom by the Chairman of the Board and the Secretary, and with the organization's ink stamp.
11. Printed invitation to cultural evenings on behalf of the Austrian Olim Organization in Haifa, with a list of the topics of discussion for the following 12 evenings. Haifa: "Hassolel". No year indicated. German.
12. Copy of a letter to the "Jewish Agency for Palestine, Aliya Department", apparently sent on behalf of the "Austrian Olim Organization", dated September 29, 1938. Discusses the registration of new members of the organization prior to the payment of the registration fee. No sender's name mentioned.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Folding marks, filing holes, stains and minor blemishes to some of the items. A number of restored tears to margins and a restored open tear to one of the letters (slightly affecting text).
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.