1938 Pre - World War II Solingen Germany Jewish Pocket Knife Zionist Holocaust
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4441499 | Handmade: No |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany | Modified Item: No |
Thoedor Herzl Father of Modern ZionismVery rare.
We had to do some digging on this knife to find out the origins... but this is what we found:The knife is a SMF Solingen Salesmans sample. "It is myunderstanding that the knife is circa 1938, and was given to salesmen in Jewishareas of Germany to promote the idea that SMF was sympathetic to the plight ofthe Jewish, but were in fact producing edged weapons for the 3rd Reich at thetime....."A German company passing out salesmans samples... of their knives to Jewish businesses in 1938!If only this knife could talk. What stories it could share.... Did it go through the holocaust? Was it carried by a family that managed to escape to America before 1939?Was it picked up by a GI in Germany?Incredible legacy built into this knife by the very fact it was produced for Jews in Germany by a German company in 1938!The face on the knife is Theodor HerzlWikipedia:Theodor Herzl (/ˈhɜːrtsəl, ˈhɛərtsəl/;[1] German: [ˈhɛɐtsl̩]; Hebrew: תֵּאוֹדוֹר הֶרְצְל Te'odor Hertsel; Hungarian: Herzl Tivadar; Hebrew name given at his brit milah Binyamin Ze'ev (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב), [2] also known in Hebrew as חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה, Chozeh HaMedinah, lit. "Visionary of the State"; 2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Though he died before its establishment, he is known as the father of the State of Israel.While Herzl is specifically mentioned in the Israeli Declaration of Independence and is officially referred to as "the spiritual father of the Jewish State", [3] i.e. the visionary who gave a concrete, practicable platform and framework to political Zionism, he was not the first Zionist theoretician or activist; scholars, many of them religious such as rabbis Yehuda Bibas, Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and Judah Alkalai, promoted a range of proto-Zionist ideas before him.[4][5]See photo’s BID WITH CONFIDENCE. EBAY VETERAN FOR 20+ YEARS WITH 7000+ FEEDBACK.We present clear descriptions and earnestly work to note any faults.
Things to keep in mind:1. If you are purchasing more than one lot on different days please notify us and wait to pay until we can combine all invoices 2. Due to the number and variety of items we are selling we encourage you to go to our ebay store and choose your category rather than view all the items at one time.3. We work diligently to keep shipping costs as low as possible but it is more difficult to ship outside the US and foreign shipping will reflect a higher cost.4. Overseas shipping: All items will have a customs ID number which can be tracked until it is processed to go overseas. We cannot guarantee items once they show they have reached USPS customs processing.5. IMPORTANT: Review your individual countries shipping restrictions prior to bidding. We cannot alter the sales price or ship prohibited items to your country. 6. APO/FPO items.... We sincerely Thank-you for your service and sacrifice on behalf of our country and fulfilling your oath to defend the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic, but shipping may cost more depending on the size of the item.REFUNDS:100 percent refund on auction price but we need to be notified within 14 days of cancelled shipping date.Thank-you, from Charter Oak Books
We had to do some digging on this knife to find out the origins... but this is what we found:The knife is a SMF Solingen Salesmans sample. "It is myunderstanding that the knife is circa 1938, and was given to salesmen in Jewishareas of Germany to promote the idea that SMF was sympathetic to the plight ofthe Jewish, but were in fact producing edged weapons for the 3rd Reich at thetime....."A German company passing out salesmans samples... of their knives to Jewish businesses in 1938!If only this knife could talk. What stories it could share.... Did it go through the holocaust? Was it carried by a family that managed to escape to America before 1939?Was it picked up by a GI in Germany?Incredible legacy built into this knife by the very fact it was produced for Jews in Germany by a German company in 1938!The face on the knife is Theodor HerzlWikipedia:Theodor Herzl (/ˈhɜːrtsəl, ˈhɛərtsəl/;[1] German: [ˈhɛɐtsl̩]; Hebrew: תֵּאוֹדוֹר הֶרְצְל Te'odor Hertsel; Hungarian: Herzl Tivadar; Hebrew name given at his brit milah Binyamin Ze'ev (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב), [2] also known in Hebrew as חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה, Chozeh HaMedinah, lit. "Visionary of the State"; 2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Though he died before its establishment, he is known as the father of the State of Israel.While Herzl is specifically mentioned in the Israeli Declaration of Independence and is officially referred to as "the spiritual father of the Jewish State", [3] i.e. the visionary who gave a concrete, practicable platform and framework to political Zionism, he was not the first Zionist theoretician or activist; scholars, many of them religious such as rabbis Yehuda Bibas, Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and Judah Alkalai, promoted a range of proto-Zionist ideas before him.[4][5]See photo’s BID WITH CONFIDENCE. EBAY VETERAN FOR 20+ YEARS WITH 7000+ FEEDBACK.We present clear descriptions and earnestly work to note any faults.
Things to keep in mind:1. If you are purchasing more than one lot on different days please notify us and wait to pay until we can combine all invoices 2. Due to the number and variety of items we are selling we encourage you to go to our ebay store and choose your category rather than view all the items at one time.3. We work diligently to keep shipping costs as low as possible but it is more difficult to ship outside the US and foreign shipping will reflect a higher cost.4. Overseas shipping: All items will have a customs ID number which can be tracked until it is processed to go overseas. We cannot guarantee items once they show they have reached USPS customs processing.5. IMPORTANT: Review your individual countries shipping restrictions prior to bidding. We cannot alter the sales price or ship prohibited items to your country. 6. APO/FPO items.... We sincerely Thank-you for your service and sacrifice on behalf of our country and fulfilling your oath to defend the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic, but shipping may cost more depending on the size of the item.REFUNDS:100 percent refund on auction price but we need to be notified within 14 days of cancelled shipping date.Thank-you, from Charter Oak Books
