Lot 946
S. Guggenheim (Hrsg.), Aus den Gebeten Israels. Offenbach 1948.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
946
Category:
Literature of the 20th century
Guggenheim, Siegfried (Hrsg.): Aus den Gebeten Israels. Frankfurt am Main: Bauer 1948. 26,5 x 19,3 cm. 38 pp., 1 l. Original envelope in a postal envelope addressed by S. Guggenheim in New York to Karl Kanka in Offenbach.
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Printed in the ‘Hyperion’ typeface designed by Berthold Wolpe on Zerkall laid paper. The text is based on the translation by Rabbi Dr Max Dienemann of Offenbach, which had already been produced for this edition in 1938. – The provenance of this copy is of particular historical interest. The lawyers Siegfried Guggenheim and Karl Kanka were initially closely linked professionally in Offenbach and founded a joint law firm. Following the National Socialists’ seizure of power, Kanka temporarily joined the SA, possibly in an attempt to protect himself and his Jewish partner Guggenheim from increasing persecution. Guggenheim was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp in 1938 but was released after a few weeks and subsequently had to flee Germany. It is noteworthy that the connection between the two men nevertheless remained intact. Even from his exile in New York after the war, Guggenheim maintained correspondence with Kanka and sent him this copy, published in 1948.
(Slightly bumped.)
Printed in the ‘Hyperion’ typeface designed by Berthold Wolpe on Zerkall laid paper. The text is based on the translation by Rabbi Dr Max Dienemann of Offenbach, which had already been produced for this edition in 1938. – The provenance of this copy is of particular historical interest. The lawyers Siegfried Guggenheim and Karl Kanka were initially closely linked professionally in Offenbach and founded a joint law firm. Following the National Socialists’ seizure of power, Kanka temporarily joined the SA, possibly in an attempt to protect himself and his Jewish partner Guggenheim from increasing persecution. Guggenheim was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp in 1938 but was released after a few weeks and subsequently had to flee Germany. It is noteworthy that the connection between the two men nevertheless remained intact. Even from his exile in New York after the war, Guggenheim maintained correspondence with Kanka and sent him this copy, published in 1948.