Auction 13 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jan 19, 2011
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 37:

Tiberias – Two Documents

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Tiberias – Two Documents
1. Appeal by the Tiberias Relief Committee, [printed in Haifa, 1934]. Aid request by a committee representing all ethnic groups in Tiberias, following a serious flood in Tiberias that "caused not only casualties but also poverty to many of the city's inhabitants". Printed leaf, Arabic, Hebrew and Engish. Single leaf, good condition. Filing holes, folded.
2. Handwritten letter, sent from Tiberias on October 12 [1938] describing in detail the massacre of Tiberian Jews ten days earlier, during which 19 Jews were murdered and the synagogue burnt. [6] pages, good condition. Folded leaves.