Flyer for Redeeming Captured Jews
Unknown
1686
Credits
Courtesy of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary—University of Jewish Studies, Hungary.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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