"Schule auf dem Weg" – Booklet Surveying the Activities of the Jewish School for Refugees’ Children in Vienna from ...

"Schule auf dem Weg" – Booklet Surveying the Activities of the Jewish School for Refugees’ Children in Vienna from 1946 to 1949 – Inscribed to Menachem Zaharoni
Schule auf dem Weg / School on the Road: a survey of the work of the Jewish school for refugees’ children in Vienna from 1946 to 1949. Vienna: H. Halpern; published with the aid of the Zionist Federation in Austria, [1949]. Hebrew and German.
Booklet describing the history of the Jewish school in Vienna for refugees’ children, most of whom came from the countries of Eastern Europe. A dedication to "The souls of schoolchildren, who were murdered during the Holocaust" appears at the top of the second page. The booklet includes photographs describing life at the school in the first years after the Holocaust and near the time of the establishment of the State of Israel. The cover of the booklet was illustrated by Pinchas Cohen, who taught painting at the school.
A dedication dated July 11, 1949 to the educator Menachem Zaharoni, who participated in establishing the school for the survivors in DP camps throughout Austria appears on the cover page: "To Comrade Menachem Zaharoni, a memento of his efforts and his work to support the children of the refugees in Austria. With appreciation, I. Rojtenberg." The dedication appears to have been written by Ilja Rojtenberg, the school principal.
39, 10 pp., 20 cm. Good condition. Light staining. Slight damage in the connection of the cover to the first page.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.