Van Leer, Wim
Wim van Leer (1913 - April 14, 1992) was a Dutch-Israeli industrialist and philanthropist. Van Leer served in Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II as a pilot and, after immigrating to Israel, served in the Israeli Air Force as well. He was best known for establishing Israel's first film archive, the Jerusalem Cinematheque. The Van Leer Institute was endowed by his family and promotes Arabe-Jewish dialogue. Van Leer married Lia Greenberg (August 8, 1924 - March 13, 2015) in Haifa in 1952.
Stunning pictorial map of Jerusalem.
This is a 1969 first-edition example of Herman Bollmann's large-format bird's-eye view of Jerusalem, accompanied by its original promotional marketing material and order sheet from Wim van Leer Publications. Bringing the Old City, the commercial center, and the western university and government district into a single architectural panorama, it presents a city whose political and physical geography had just changed profoundly due to Israel's capture of East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. (more details)