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Lot 164

"The German Death Factory in Lublin" – A Booklet about the Majdanek Extermination Camp, with Photographs, 1945

Niemiecka fabryka śmierci w Lublinie [The German Death Factory in Lublin], by Eugenjusz Kriger. [Lodz or Warsaw]: Książka, 1945. Polish. Second edition.
An early booklet about the Majdanek concentration and extermination camp, located several kilometers from Lublin. Accompanied by several photographs which were taken after the Red Army entered the camp, pictures of documents and more.
The writer, Eugenjusz Kriger (1906-1983), served as a war-correspondent of the Russian newspaper "Izvestiia" during World War II and accompanied the Russian troops which liberated the Majdanek camp.
41, [3] pp., 14 cm. The body of the booklet is in good condition. Tears and blemishes to cover. The cover is detached.