Bidspirit auction | Collection of Photographs by Kalman

Collection of Photographs by Kalman Weiss – Jerusalem Religious Community – Mid-Late 20th Century - Approximately 110 black and white photographs taken by the photographer Kalman (Karl) Weiss, documenting events, institutes and persons related to the Jerusalem religious community. Jerusalem and other Palestine locales, mid-late 20th century. Some of the subjects which appear in the photographs: The Rishon L'Zion Ben Zion Meir Chai Uziel, Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna, Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon, IDF Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren, Yitzchak Ben-Zvi and his wife Rachel Yanait, Zalman Shazar, Efraim Katzir, Yigal Alon, Henrietta Szold, businessman and philanthropist Yitzchak Wolfson, etc. The photographer's stamp appears on verso – a handwritten inscription framed by an ornate border: ”History of the nation, the Jewish settlement in Palestine”. Kalman Weiss (1908-2000), Jewish photographer, born in Graz (Austria). In 1939, soon before the outbreak of WWII, he fled to Palestine and settled in Jerusalem, where he began his career as a photographer. His works primarily document the religious and Charedi society in Jerusalem, which were rarely recorded in those days. Some photographs in the collection appear in multiple copies. A few bear handwritten descriptions on their verso. Approximately 110 photos, 11X18 cm. Condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Several photos are in poor condition, with closed and open tears, loss and chipping and defects. An additional photographer's ink-stamp, crossed out with pen, appears on the verso of most of the photos.