Tractate Nedarim, of the Babylonian Talmud. Published by the Va'ad Agudat HaRabbanim in the American zone of Germany (Ashkenaz), with the assistance of Va'ad HaHatzala. Munich St. Ottilien, 1946.
Illustrated title page with illustrations of the extermination camps "The labor barrack where we dwelled, covertly studied and prayed". In his introduction, the publisher writes about the "taking away the books from 'The People of the Book'" by the "evil men" who destroyed the European Jews and attempted to erase all Hebrew books. "All Jewish books were taken to be processed or for some other lowly purpose…and therefore after liberation, the longing and thirst for books was great. Yeshivot were established but there were no books from which to study… This is what motivated us to print a few tractates for individual and communal study… We have only Tractate Kiddushin and Nedarim in one, almost new, volume so we have decided to copy, print,and distribute them among the She'erit Hapleita in the German exile…".
After some time elapsed, in 1949, the complete set of Talmud was printed in Munich in one single edition of 19 volumes featuring a different illustration than this first edition.
[3], 2-103, 16 leaves. 39.5 cm. Good-fair condition, spotting, wear and tears, some worm damages. Original binding, with an impression of a Star of David , worn and damaged spine.
Not listed in the Bibliography Institute CD.