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Lot 222:
4 Different Ordering Receipts of the Polish Jewish Liqueur Factory "Jakob Haberfeld". The Haberfeld family settled in Oswiecim in the second half of the XVIIIth century. Jakub, son of Simon and Jacheta, founded in 1804 the Factory of Vodka and Liqueurs. After his death, the business was inherited by his son, also Jakub (1839–1904). In 1906 Emil Haberfeld became the new owner. The Haberfields were a progressive Jewish family who were involved in social life; many served on the town council and participated in charity initiatives.At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the factory poured beer for the Jan Götz brewery in Okocim. From around 1906 until the end of the interwar period, it partnered with the Zywiec Brewery. At the beginning of the 20th century, the factory expanded and obtained new buildings, including spaces in the Oswiecim castle bought by the family from the city, chiefly warehouses.In August 1939, Alfons Haberfeld and his wife Felicja participated in the 1939 New York World’s Fair, presenting their products at the Polish pavilion. On the way back, at the outbreak of World War II, the ship was stopped and directed to Scotland, preventing them from returning to German-occupied Poland. Their five years old daughter Franciszka Henryka and her grandmother were murdered 1942 by the Germans in the death camp Be??ec (https://auschwitz.net/en/stolen-lives-in-auschwitz-the-haberfelds/). Alfons and Felicja returned to the USA. In 1952, along with other Holocaust survivors, they founded an organization in Los Angeles called Club 1939. They both died in Los Angeles, Alfons in 1970, and Felicja in 2010. Shipping from our office in Europe.
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