Membership card in the Zionist Youth Movement in Vienna and two letters of recommendation from the JNF – assistance for immigration to Palestine. Vienna and Bulgaria, 1939–1948. German, Hebrew, and French. 1. Zionistischer Jugendverband Wien, Mitglidskarte [membership card in the Zionist Youth Organization]. The membership card was given to Dora Sara Barsam, a young girl, on April 21, 1939. The inside page contains a portrait photograph of the young girl, with stamps of the organization and handwritten signatures beneath it. German. 10.5X 7.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on the body of the card and on the cover. 2. Letter of recommendation from the head of JNF office and the vice president of the Hebrew Association in Austria, Dr. Chaim Tartakower. Handwritten on official stationery of JNF Austria, April 3, 1939. Hebrew. In the letter, Tartakower, who wishes to assist Shaul Perlmutter in his effort to immigrate to Palestine, writes that Perlmutter has been an admired Hebrew teacher in Austria for more than 35 years. Approx. 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Fold marks. Blemishes and open tears restored with tape. 3. Recommendation letter from Asriel Sasson Penhas, head of the JNF in Bulgaria, to the Jewish National Fund in Paris. Typewritten on the official stationery of JNF in Sofia, Bulgaria; handwritten signature. June 21, 1948. French. The letter, which seeks to help Mrs. Elma (Esther) Simanto Moscona to rejoin her children in Israel, notes her membership the JNF in Bulgaria and her active participation in "redeeming the land" and fundraising for the JNF. 30 cm. Good condition. Fold marks. Filing holes. Small tear at the bottom. Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Membership card in the Zionist Youth Movement in Vienna and two letters of recommendation from the JNF – assistance for immigration to Palestine. Vienna and Bulgaria, 1939–1948. German, Hebrew, and French. 1. Zionistischer Jugendverband Wien, Mitglidskarte [membership card in the Zionist Youth Organization]. The membership card was given to Dora Sara Barsam, a young girl, on April 21, 1939. The inside page contains a portrait photograph of the young girl, with stamps of the organization and handwritten signatures beneath it. German. 10.5X 7.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on the body of the card and on the cover. 2. Letter of recommendation from the head of JNF office and the vice president of the Hebrew Association in Austria, Dr. Chaim Tartakower. Handwritten on official stationery of JNF Austria, April 3, 1939. Hebrew. In the letter, Tartakower, who wishes to assist Shaul Perlmutter in his effort to immigrate to Palestine, writes that Perlmutter has been an admired Hebrew teacher in Austria for more than 35 years. Approx. 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Fold marks. Blemishes and open tears restored with tape. 3. Recommendation letter from Asriel Sasson Penhas, head of the JNF in Bulgaria, to the Jewish National Fund in Paris. Typewritten on the official stationery of JNF in Sofia, Bulgaria; handwritten signature. June 21, 1948. French. The letter, which seeks to help Mrs. Elma (Esther) Simanto Moscona to rejoin her children in Israel, notes her membership the JNF in Bulgaria and her active participation in "redeeming the land" and fundraising for the JNF. 30 cm. Good condition. Fold marks. Filing holes. Small tear at the bottom. Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
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