Аукцион 21 Eretz Israel, anti-Semitism, Holocaust, postcards and photographs, Autographs, Travel books, Judaica
от DYNASTY
26.6.23
Avraham Ferrara 1, Jerusalem, Израиль

The auction will take place on Monday, June 26, 2023, at 19:00 (Israel time) with an announcement.


Dear customers, an interesting and important catalog containing many rare and important historical items in the many fields in which we deal, we are happy for any question, inquiry, and delivery of all the necessary information beyond what is written in the catalog.

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ЛОТ 188:

Rabbi Aryeh Levin at the burial ceremony of the fallen soldiers of 1948 - two photographs

Продан за: $140 (₪508)
₪508
Стартовая цена:
$ 120
Комиссия аукционного дома: 23%
НДС: 18% Только на комиссию
Аукцион проходил 26.6.23 в DYNASTY

Rabbi Aryeh Levin at the burial ceremony of the fallen soldiers of 1948 - two photographs


Two photographs of the coffins of the fighters who fell during the War of Independence in the Old City being brought for burial on the Mount of Olives. In one of the photographs, Rabbi Aryeh Levin appears accompanying the fallen on their last journey, with Menachem Begin nearby. With the fall of the Jewish quarter in 1948, many of the victims of the War of Liberation remained temporarily buried in the courtyards of the abandoned Jewish quarter, after the Six Day War with the occupation of the Old City, their bones were brought to eternal rest on the Mount of Olives in August 1967.


  • A photograph in which Rabbi Aryeh Levin appears, second from the left is former Prime Minister Menachem Begin: 19x12 cm.

  • Photograph of the coffins being brought for burial: 23x16 cm. Attached is the "Panim el Panim" issue which reviews in detail the burial of the fallen of 1948. The photograph showing IDF soldiers carrying the coffins appears on the title page of the newspaper.

The back of both photographs are signed by ink stamp "Photo Weiss Jerusalem". General Condition Good.