The Cobbs Auctioneers
Documenting the Holocaust
and WWII (Lifetime collection of David Cheney)
March 13th 2010 at 11AM,
at Historic Noone Falls Mill, 50 Jaffrey Road, Peterborough NH
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Broadsides/"Bekanntmachung" from Occupied Poland and pre war
postcards. A) 19" by 25" very fragile pink (faded) SS poster
listing 25 names of "Criminals" who acted against the General
Government. The first three individuals had already been executed
when this notice was printed Feb 26th 1944, Krakau. Has been stored
folded. B) Large, green SS poster from Krakau, Poland stating 100
Polish individuals were condemned to death because of bomb attacks
on trains. Printed in German and Polish February 1944. Has been
stored folded. C) Small 8" by 10” white with black printing SS
poster declaring that 10 Poles were shot in reprisal for the killing
of a Police Lieutenant Hann on 22 May 1944. Translation
accompanies. In excellent condition. D) Approximately 12" by 18"
order "Anordnung des Gouverneurs des Distrikts Radom" forbidding
beggars to go house to house due to the danger of typhus with severe
penalties for anyone violating the order. Rare poster from the
General Government in Poland. E) 8 Polish photo/postcards (3.5" by
5.5" in black and white and color with 3 duplicates) Writing is all
in Yiddish. Subjects include religious class group photos, taking a
child to meet a Rabbi, elderly Rabbi, enjoyable home life with radio
and cars. All Pre Holocaust cards. Estimate $500 to 750
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40 German
occupied documents and posters and German map of Litzmannstadt. 6
Pieces. Includes A) Notice that warns Polish citizens to obey
German occupation troops and refrain from sabotage, strikes and
resistance. In German and Polish. 16" x23", red, white and black
with eagle and swastika. Rare occupation poster and fragile. B)
Bekanntmachung (Public Notice) - (Turn In Firearms) Informs
Ukrainian civilian population to turn in all firearms and weapons
under the penalty of death. Printed in German, Ukrainian and
Russian. Large, black, eagle & swastika at top of poster. 16.25"
x11.5", brown with black printing. Stored and remains folded C) In
Ukrainian language only. Supposedly regulations for wear of yellow
Jewish star, etc. 8.25" x11.5", light brown with black printing.
Needs translation. Stored and remains folded. D) Blue and white
public notice document from the Hague with instructions for Jews to
register with the police that comes with a second document (1 page
Jewish registration form filled out by a Jacob David Perlberg).
Dated 6 March 1941. Dutch language. Very rare. Both the notice and
form are titled "Anmeldingsformulier voor een persoon" E)
Bekanntmachung that warns Polish town officials that they will
answer with their lives for resistance activity in their areas. In
German and Polish. Rare occupation poster and fragile.12"x 18", red,
white and black with eagle & swastika. Stored and remains folded F)
"Plan von Litzmannstadt" German map of Litzmannstadt (Lodz,
Poland). Shows ghetto area. Germans renamed all streets in the
city and assigned letters and numbers to the ghetto area. 27" by
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43 Der
Stürmer publication lot. Includes: A) 14 issues of Julius
Streicher's Der Stürmer news papers in excellent to mint condition.
Issue dates: Mar. 1936, July 1936, Sept. 1936, Mar. 1940, 26 Nov.
1942, 10 Dec. 1942, 7 Jan. 1943, 25 Mar. 1943, 6 May 1943, 13
May, 1943, 22 July 1943, 18 Nov. 1943, 23 Dec. 1943, 11 Jan.
1945. B) Wooden Holder For Der Stürmer Newspaper 24" x 1” red
painted wood with steel spring to hold newspaper. "Antisemitisches
Wochenblatt Der Sturmer" (Weekly edition of the anti-Semitic Der
Sturmer) and swastika in white written over read paint. Probably
used by street vendors to display the latest edition. C) A
Subscription form (Bestellschein) for Der Stürmer in excellent to
mint condition D) Three similar Advertising posters/flyers for Der
Stürmer in Very good condition. Estimate $800 to $1000 |
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Bekanntmachung (Notices) for Occupied Poland. A) Typed
notice/broadside draft to mayors & public officials in the Dabrowa
area warning against resistance activity. 11.5" x 16.5" dated 26
June 1944. B) Public Notice of Executions by Commander of The
Security Police & SD for the District of Warsaw (Poland) dated 21
Mar. 1944. 9" by 13" white with black printing SS poster declaring
that 140 Poles will be publicly executed for crimes against
Germans. Has been stored folded. Estimate $400 to $500 |
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Recruiting poster for the SS-Wallonie Division. Rare Waffen-SS
poster for recruiting Belgians into the Wallonie Division.
Battle scene in color with the French language message "Tu defends
la Belgique .. en luttant au front de l'est!..
Viens a la SS
Division Blindee - Wallonie-" (You defend Belgium while fighting on
the eastern front, come with (join) the Wallonie SS Division) .
32" x 49". Professionally framed with acid free matting and UV
resistant lexan. Condition is good, poster had been folded prior to
framing and fold marks are visible. Estimate $1000 to $2000.
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100 Nazi
propaganda poster for Labor Day 1934. "Heraus Zum 1. Mai" with
Labor Day badge on red, white, brown. 55" x 37". Professionally
framed with acid free matting and UV resistant lexan. In excellent
condition. Estimate $500 to $1000 |
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140 3 German
broadsides / Public Notices. Includes A) 100,000 Kronen Belohnung
(Reward Poster) 18"x12". Fragile white poster printed the day after
the assassination attack on Reinhard Heydrich in Prague,
Czechoslovakia. Offers a 100,000 Kronen reward for info on a Sgt.
Valcik..the lookout on the assassination team. In German and Czech.
B) Bekanntmachung. (Public Notice of Executions), 27"x20" Very
fragile orange/ pink SS poster from Krakau, Poland listing 23 names
of Polish individuals condemned to death. C)"Erlass des
Reichsprotektors in Böhmen und Mähren......." 37"x25". Very fragile
orange/ pink (faded) SS poster from Prague, Czechoslovakia. Warns
of a "State of Emergency" due to enemy resistance activities in the
Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia. Poster outlines restrictions for
the population. Estimate $500 to $700 |
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141 Nazi
Bekanntmachung (Public Notice of Executions). From Der Höhere
SS-und Polizeiführer ges. Rösener......Cilli (Celje), Slovenia
dated June 23rd 1942. 25"x37" very fragile pink (faded) SS poster
listing about 60 names of "Communist bandits" executed for the death
of a police official, soldiers and civilians. Also 6 women were
shot for killing a women in front of her child. Estimate $500 to
$700
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