Lot 341
Schindler, Emilie
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
a collection of letters to Emilie Schindler, often expressing admiration, well-wishes and birthday congratulations, for example: "Sehr Geehrte Frau Schindler/ Sie kennen mich nicht... Waehrend des Holocaust verlor ich meine 3 nahen Verwandeten... Ich las das Buch "Schindlers Arche" und war mehr als beindruckt von diesen Dokument... Darf ich Ihnen zu Ihrem 80sten Geburtstag meine waermsten Wuensche senden!" (Dear Mrs Schindler/ you don't know me.. .During the Holocaust I lost my 3 close relatives... I read the book "Schindler's Ark" and was more than influenced by this document... May I send you my warmest withsen for your 80th Birthday!); [AND] a birthday card sent from Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg, the Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired Thomas Keneally to write "Schindler's Ark"; [AND] a card reading "I have heard what you did to save Jewish lives during World War II. You are a remarkable woman..."; a letter dated December 31st 1994 from a writer who lost her entire family but asks Emilie Schindler if she can visit her to personally show her thanks for her work; [AND] a letter sent from Israel, dated 30th August 1987, reading: "...Sie haben nicht nur 1200 Menschen ihr Leben geschenkt, Sie haben auch gezeigt, was es bedeutet Mensch zu sein." (...You have not only gifted 1200 people their lives, you have also shown what it means to be a person.); and a collection of others (39 items in total)