Auction 15
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jun 1, 2011
(Your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 584:
Memoir Notebook of the "Exodus" Illegal Immigrants Detention Camp
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Sold for: $280
Start price:
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180
Auction house commission:
23%
VAT: On commission only
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Memoir notebook belonging to a girl by the name of Ra'aya (?). Filled-in in various locations, late 1946, 1947. Hebrew, Polish and Russian.
Girlfriends of the owner entered dedications and various memoirs in the notebook. Several leaves were written while in Poppendorf Camp, a detention camp for illegal immigrants from the ship "Exodus" during October 1947, and some of the writers signed their entries "Exodus" or "Yetzi'at 1947". The contents were not thoroughly researched. [26]pp, 15cm. Fair-good condition. Fragile paper. Tears. Colorful decorations ("Prassim").
