"The Central Bureau for the Welfare of German Jews" - five donation cards (Beitragskarte) with color illustrated stamps that were distributed for a donation to the "Central Bureau for the Welfare of German Jews" which helped Jews in need under Nazi rule - Germany, 1934-1939.
Five donation cards, including stamps donated to the Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Deutschen Juden - an aid organization for German Jews under Nazi rule. Blue Bristol paper cards, folded in half. On the outside of the cards is printed an illustration of the Star of David, the title "Für Hilfe und Aufbau" [For Aid and Rehabilitation], and other details (the names of the Jews to whom the cards were given were added by hand). One of the cards has an ink stamp of the Jewish Welfare Office in Breslau (Jud. Wohlfahrtsamt Breslau).
Inside the card are 12 stamps, of different values - one for each month in which a donation was received for the "Central Bureau for the Welfare of German Jews". Colorful illustrations on Jewish themes are printed on the stamps: sacred objects, symbols of the twelve tribes, holidays, ceremonies and customs (including a Jewish wedding, Sukkot, prayer at the Western Wall, lighting Shabbat candles and more). Before us are five cards from the years: 1934/1935, 1935/1936, 1937/1938, 1938/1939.
Cards of this type were distributed by the "Central Bureau for the Welfare of German Jews", starting in 1934, for financial donations received by the bureau. The donation money helped German Jews who lost their ability to earn a living and lost their property at the hands of the Nazi German authorities.
Five Bristol paper cards, 15x20 cm, folded in half. Overall good condition .
