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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie

Friday, 24 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1- 1105
Saturday, 25 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1106-2003

Lot 444 Zoltán Hirsch. Kis Ember Nagy Elete. Mit …

Kis Ember Nagy Elete. Mit einigen schwarz-weiß Photographien. Budapest, 1942. 159 S. 8°. OPp. mit goldgepr. Titel. (Bestoßen. Kapitale beschädigt. Gelenke angeborchen. Mit Reparatur am Rücken.)

Nationalsozialismus

Geschichtswissenschaften – Vom Autor signiert. - Autobiografie eines ungarisch-jüdischen Zirkusclowns, Akrobaten und Komödianten. Zoltán Hirsch (1885-1944), im Volksmund "Zoli" genannt, war ein Zirkusartist, der als Zwerg geboren wurde und in ganz Ungarn große Popularität erlangte. Er gab dieses Buch heraus (und verkaufte persönlich Exemplare davon in den Straßen von Budapest), nachdem er aufgrund der in Ungarn erlassenen antijüdischen Dekrete, die die Zahl der in der Belegschaft zugelassenen Juden streng begrenzten, aus dem Zirkus Fényes (früher Beketow) ausgeschlossen worden war. Zoli wurde wegen illegalen Buchhandels verhaftet und weil er einen gelben Stern trug, der nicht den Anforderungen der Nazis entsprach, weil er zu klein war. Seine geistreiche Verteidigung, dass das Abzeichen im Verhältnis zu seiner Größe stehe, wurde von den Behörden zurückgewiesen. Zoli wurde inhaftiert und schließlich zusammen mit der Mehrheit der jüdischen Bevölkerung Ungarns in das Vernichtungslager Auschwitz deportiert. - In gutem Zustand.

History – With several black and white photographs. Original cardboard with gold embossed title. (Bumped. Ends of spine damaged. Hinges slightly broken. Repairs on spine.) - Signed by author. - Autobiography of a Hungarian-Jewish circus clown, acrobat and comedian. Zoltán Hirsch (1885-1944), popularly known as "Zoli", he was circus performer, born a dwarf, who become tremendously popular throughout Hungary. He issued this book (and personally sold copies of it in the streets of Budapest) after he was expelled from the Fényes (formerly Beketow) Circus due to the anti-Jewish decrees imposed in Hungary that strictly limited the number of Jews permitted in the workforce. Zoli was arrested for illegal book-peddling and for wearing a yellow star that did not comply with Nazi requirements on the grounds of being too small. His witty defense that the badge was proportionate to his size was rejected by the authorities. Zoli was imprisoned, and eventually deported together with the majority of the Hungary's Jewish population to perish in Auschwitz. - In gutem Zustand.

Startprice: 800 €
Estimate: 1200 €

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