Pre-Long Beach Auction #81

Important Israeli Signed Photos and Document. Consists of five historic items:

1. June 26, 1967 2 page typed document in the form of an introduction for Tuviah Freidman to the Leaders of the Jewish Organizations of the U.S.A. and Canada from the Institute of Documentation in Israel, signed by the individual members of the Institute. This relates to helping Tuviah Freidman arrange for lectures on the Holocaust, "and make it possible for him to take evidence from Holocaust survivors who may reside in your cities, in order to discover any Nazi criminals who are still free, before the Statue of Limitation comes into effect in December, 1969 Signatories include:

Yitzhak Rabin (Prime Minister); Shimon Peres (Defence Minister); Menahem Savidor (Speaker of the Knesset); Menachem Begin (Prime Minister); and many more. Total of 36 signatures and titles.

2. 1967 Israel Government Cabinet Photo signed by Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and 4 other members including Abba Eban.

3. August 19, 1977 War Cabinet Signed photo.

4. Ariel Sharon in military uniform signed photo.

5. 1965 Unsigned black and white vintage photo of an angry David Ben Gurion addressing the Knesset. Estimated Value $400 - 500

The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. All were accquired directly from Nazi hunter Tuviah Friedman's Institute of Documentation in Haifa Israel in the 1980s.