Album of Photograph – Hebrew School for Children in Vienna – 1947-1948

Album of Photograph – Hebrew School for Children in Vienna – 1947-1948
"To our friends in Palestine, from the children of the camps in Vienna", an album with 20 photographs. Vienna (several of the photographs are from elsewhere), 1947-1948.
The photographs, mounted on the leaves of the album and captioned by hand, mostly document students and teachers in Vienna after the Holocaust. One photograph depicts a circle of children holding hands, captioned (in Hebrew): "The Hebrew School in Vienna" (presumably, the Hebrew school managed by Eliyahu Rotenberg). The photographs depict Hebrew lessons, Jewish holidays (Purim, Passover and Shavuot), ceremony of flying doves for the safety of the fighters in the Israeli War of Independence, a flag of Israel hanging at the front of the school on the day of the establishment of the State of Israel, and more. Several photographs at the end of the album presumably document the students of the school on their way to immigrate to Palestine: children carrying bags and suitcases leaving the camp, a photograph taken on board of the SS HaTikvah, and more. One photograph is stamped on the margin with the stamp of the photographer Wolf Scharf and another photograph is stamped on verso with the stamp of the photographer Hans Gellner.
Approx. 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and minor blemishes to leaves and some photographs. One photograph is attached to front board with tape. Cloth-covered binding tied with string, with tears and blemishes.