Auction 88
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, Feb. 8 & 9, 2021
Feb 8, 2021
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 341:
ANTI-SEMITIC POSTCARD FROM BORKUM RESORT
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Sold for: $90
Start price:
$
70
Estimated price:
$140 - $200
Auction house commission: 30%
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ANTI-SEMITIC POSTCARD FROM BORKUM RESORT
1920 color postcard sending "Greetings from Borkum", a North Sea German resort that prided itself on being "Jew-free". The postcard depicts a large crowd of "Christian" Germans enjoying a meal and a concert at the resort. At right appears a smaller vignette of a Jewish family entreating a Borkum hotel owner: "Sorry, we are approaching you with flat feet that must go out!" The owner responds: "Go out [away]!" At bottom appears the lyrics to the infamous "Borkum Song" which sings the praises of the resort's "exclusive" policy: "At Borkum's beach only German culture applies / The breading is only German...But who approaches you with flat feet / With crooked noses and frizzy hair / He shouldn't enjoy your beach / He has to go out! He has to go out! Out!" Postmarked in Borkum and mailed to a man in Coburg.
