Unidentified man at the monument for the destroyed synagogue; Leipzig Synagogues

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Unidentified man at the monument for the destroyed synagogue; Leipzig Synagogues

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Notice to K. K. S. I. regarding subscription for Lincoln monument

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Seasonal Greeting token 1986

Obverse: Emblem of the Israel Government Coins and Medal Corporation. Reverse: The monument to Jewish soldiers erected at the Jewish Martyrs Memorial Institute of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

To the Mothers of the Twelve Thousand.

The size of the work and the printed title suggests, that this is a poster. It bears the emblem R.J.F., for the sponsoring organization, Reichsbund Juedischer Frontsoldaten or National Organization of the Jewish Front-line Soldiers. The mothers of "The twelve thousand" refers to the Jewish soldiers killed during World War I, when reminding Germans of the patriotism and sacrifices of German Jews, seemed important in view of the discrimination they were confronted with at the time, in 1935.

Judah P. Benjamin collection, undated, 1838-1942.

The collection consists of 25 letters written by Benjamin between 1838 and 1881 on a variety of subjects, four Confederate notes and two bonds bearing his picture, miscellaneous items about Benjamin (1893-1942), nine issues of the Congressional globe with speeches by Benjamin, as well as separate copies of his printed speeches, and a photostatic copy of the "Diary of Events" (400 pp.) kept by Benjamin, the original of which is in the Library of Congress (1862-1864).