Item 6686. JEWISH RECONSTRUCTION WORK: FIGURES AND FACTS, 1930-1936

JEWISH RECONSTRUCTION WORK: FIGURES AND FACTS, 1930-1936

Paris; ORT Union, 1938. Item #30877

Original Wraps. 8vo. 65, XI pages. 24 cm. With color fold out chart. “Report of the Central Executive of the Ort-Union submitted to the 4th Conference held in Paris in Aug. 24-26, 1937.” Detailied report covering the years of 1930-1936, with collage illustrated pages dividing sections, that of the Organization of ORT, Vocational Education Assistance to Artisans, Agriculture, Industrialisation. The constructive work undertaken by the ORT is mostly confined to Eastern Europe in this report, with the majority of activity being conducted in Lithuania, the Soviet Union, Poland, and Romania (with reports on Birobidjan and France as well) . Includes large fold out chart displaying the “Geographical Distribution of the Activities of the ORT-Union in 1937”, with 11 pages of charts detailing the training and assistance by country (in this period the ORT still maintained an office in Berlin, and was able to have a dayschool for juveniles in locksmithing and engineering, and plumbing and gas workshops for adults, however, the total number of Berlin Jews was 114) . Subjects: World ORT Union - History. Politique internationale. Juifs. 1919-1939. OCLC lists 7 copies (British Libr, Nanterre, Natl Biblio France, Harvard, Tel Aviv, Univ Biblio Hamburg, Deutsche ZentralBiblio) , only 1 in the US. Light wear to edges, very fresh. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-105-37).

Price: $200.00

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