ETH 340
ETH 340
Collection of 436 original photos on postcard stock from an Italian soldier in Ethiopia. Organized in boxes with hand-painted labels of geographic locations, starting from his departure in Naples, through to landing at Massawa and then on to Asmara, Nefasit, Mai Edga, Addi Caieh, Adigrat, Quiha, Amba Alagi, E. Corcos, Mai Ceu, Lake Aschaighi, Quoram, Alomata, Cobbo and Dessie. 3 of the 9 boxes are missing. B
Price: $2500.00
ETH 337
Interesting homogeneous 10 photo collection of several different African tribes that appear to have come together. Shown are Galla, Watusi and Suri people. B
Price: $300.00
ETH 336
Late 1930’s photo collection taken among the Suri people of south-west Ethiopia. B
Price: $450.00
ETH 335
45 photo snaps taken during the invasion. Shown are military camp life, foraging, troop drills, fascist monuments, children saluting, camp hospital, camp theatrics, hanging gallows, local Bande, fraternity between locals and Italians, more. Many captioned on reverse. B
Price: $700.00
ETH 334
23 snaps of nude Ethiopians and Eritreans. No captions. B
Price: $250.00
ETH 333Ten photo snaps of the Gondrand massacre. B
Price: $200.00
Note: The Gondrand massacre occurred on February 13, 1936, near the northern Ethiopian town of Mai Lahlà, the current Rama. A camp of civilian workers for the logistics company Gondrand, engaged at the time in road construction, was attacked at dawn by Ethiopian soldiers under the orders of Ras Imru. The construction yard was equipped with about 15 muskets, and the workers also used their work tools as defense weapons, but they were overwhelmed by the surprise attack of the Ethiopians. https://detskydomov.sk/encyklopedia/?pojem=Gondrand_massacre - cite_note-5 The massacre took place around the same time as the Battle of Amba Aradam, fought from 10 to 19 February 1936, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Mai Lahlà. Of the 130 workers present, 68 Italians were killed, and the bodies of 17 of them were castrated in contravention of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's explicit order not to mutilate enemy corpses, while 27 others were wounded and four went missing. Of these, two were later confirmed to have been taken prisoner. https://detskydomov.sk/encyklopedia/?pojem=Gondrand_massacre - cite_note-:0-2 About 40 Ethiopians soldiers also died in the attack, mostly because a store of gelignite exploded. Retaliatory massacres were carried out by Italian soldiers against Ethiopian civilians in the aftermath of the attack, resulting in untold deaths. Italian authorities generally instructed journalists to avoid describing Italian losses during the war, but in this case the story was deliberately promoted for its propaganda value in depicting Ethiopians as barbaric. The killing of Italian pilot Tito Minniti and his copilot happened some weeks before and together with this massacre was the reason why the Italians started to use some gas against the Ethiopians, according to historians like Tripoli and Pedriali. However, as professor of Italian studies David Forgacs argues, while "the Italians sought to give maximum publicity to the massacre of Italian civilians by Ethiopians at the Gondrand camp they were equally strenuous in their efforts to prevent records or reports of their own massacres of civilians". In response to photographic evidence that some Ethiopian troops had ignored the order against mutilating corpses, Ethiopia's Foreign Minister was forced to admit that it had happened, but argued that it should be seen as an act of protest against Italian atrocities. B
ETH 332
Homogeneous collection of 32 snaps by a soldier based in Mai Cen (July/36), Adirgat (Sept/36), Dessie (Sept/36), Addis Abeba (Oct/36), Guggi (Dec/36), Ambo (Jan/37). All captioned and dated on reverse. Shows fantasia, local hut construction, former Italian consulate in Dessie, local habits, camp life, interesting photos of ascaris receiving mass from a black priest, with machine guns in foreground, interesting photo of Haile Selassie’s thermal pool in the hinterland, fascist monument, more. B
Price: $990.00
ETH 331
3 photos/postcards of early 19th century Italian presence in Eritrea. B
Price: $60.00
ETH 330
Rich collection of 90 photos of the Italian presence in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Shows civilian as well as military life. Eritrean ascaris, hanging Ethiopians, fraternity between Italians and Ethiopians, local habits, fascist monuments, officers leaving church, investment in infrastructure, troops leaving for Africa, rare photo of Eritrean ascaris assembled amidst the ruins of the castle of Gondar, important Ethiopian royals, more. B
Price: $2000.00
ETH 329
Eight large format photos of life in Ethiopia during the invasion. Shows local habits, Italians burying Ethiopian dead, Eritrean nobles, a local leather factory under Italian supervision, a Coptic church. No captions. B
Price: $300.00