KZ. Mauthausen, Bild und Wort [Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Pictures and Words], by Simon Wiesenthal. Linz-Vienna: Ibis, 1946. German.?Simon Wiesenthal's memoirs from Mauthausen concentration camp, with illustrations and photo-montages by Wiesenthal, portraying the atrocities which he experienced in Mauthausen. Dozens of drawings, signed in the plate and dated 1945.
On the front endpaper appears a dedication handwritten by Simon Wiesenthal, dated 1946.
Simon Wiesenthal ("Nazi Hunter", 1908-2005), a Jewish architect, holocaust survivor who devoted his life to track down and gather information on alleged Nazi war criminals with the intention of using the material at future war crime trials. During WWII Wiesenthal was moved through various concentration camps. In 1945 he arrived in Mauthausen where he survived until the camp was liberated. After his release he started to work for the United States army in gathering material on Nazi war criminals. In 1947 he founded the "Jewish Historical Documentation Center" in Linz, Austria. Due to lack of interest in prosecuting Nazi war criminals the center was closed but Wiesenthal continued privately to collect and document material about Nazi criminals.
[114] pp, 29.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains (many stains on first and last leaves). Hard cover, with stains and blemishes.