Auction 7
Tiferet Auction House - Special and Rare items
By Tiferet Auctions
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Sep 11, 2019
Beit HaShenhav 12, Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, Israel
Religious articles, Letters from Tzadikim from previous generations , Hasidic books from first print, attributed copies and discoveries from the extermination camps in Europe.
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LOT 159:
Letter from the Jewish heads of the community in Mogador (Essaouira), during the period of the Vichy government who ...
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Start price:
$
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Estimated price :
$800 - $1,000
Buyer's Premium: 22%
VAT: 17%
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Letter from the Jewish heads of the community in Mogador (Essaouira), during the period of the Vichy government who joined actions with the Nazi's in 1942.
Letter from the heads of the community of Mogador (today Essaouira) in Morocco, in which they give instructions of conducts to the members of the community during the period of the WWII, under the Vichy government, who enacted discrimination laws against the Jews of Morocco and imposed on them oppressive work.
[1] page 18x19cm. hand written letter, Judeo-Arabic language, with stamp of the community.
Folding marks, stained, general condition good.
Background: in the summer of 1940 the Morocco government was taken over by the French Vichy government, who collaborated with the Nazis. They imposed discrimination laws against the Jews of Morocco for forced labor. The Jews of Morocco were released by the United States army in November of 1942 and the laws they imposed on them were annulled by 06. 1943.
