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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Undzer Churban in Bild / Our Destruction in Pictures, Collected and Edited by Rafael Olevski, Dawid Rosental. Paul Trepman; Under the auspices of the Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the British Zone. Bergen Belsen: "Our Voice", December 1946. Yiddish, Hebrew, English and German.
A rare and important photographic documentation, starting from the rise of the Third Reich until the liberation of the death camps. Contains 115 black-and-white photographs, including photographs from the ghettoes, the roundups of Jews for transport and the selections. The title pages, introduction and photograph captions were printed in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and German.
38 leaves, 37.5X30 cm. Good condition. The body of the book is in good overall condition. Many stains on the first title page; some stains and minor blemishes to other leaves. The cover is in fair condition, stained and worn (reinforced with tape).
A rare and important photographic documentation, starting from the rise of the Third Reich until the liberation of the death camps. Contains 115 black-and-white photographs, including photographs from the ghettoes, the roundups of Jews for transport and the selections. The title pages, introduction and photograph captions were printed in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and German.
38 leaves, 37.5X30 cm. Good condition. The body of the book is in good overall condition. Many stains on the first title page; some stains and minor blemishes to other leaves. The cover is in fair condition, stained and worn (reinforced with tape).
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Collection of Yiddish publications. Bergen-Belsen, Warsaw and Munich, 1946-1949.
1-2. Lebedik Amchu… A Zamlung lider fun R. [Reuven] Lipszyc-Green. Bergen-Belsen, 1946. Yiddish.
A booklet of poems, many of them dealing with the years of the war and the days after it. The first poem addresses the activities of UNRRA. Two copies.
[2], 32, [1], 14.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stamps and ownership inscription in one of the copies.
3. Di Pariser Kamona, Zamlbuch. The "Satzialistishe Yungt-Bibliatek", Warsaw: "Tzukunft", 1948. Yiddish.
[1], 76, [2] pp, 21 cm. Fair condition. Detached cover and gatherings. Missing spine. Stamp.
4-5. Hemshekh (continuation), Journal for literature, fine arts and social problems. Two booklets: Munich, April 1948, January 1949. Yiddish.
[2], 72, [2] pp; [2], 64, [2] pp, 26 cm. Fair-good condition, Stains.
1-2. Lebedik Amchu… A Zamlung lider fun R. [Reuven] Lipszyc-Green. Bergen-Belsen, 1946. Yiddish.
A booklet of poems, many of them dealing with the years of the war and the days after it. The first poem addresses the activities of UNRRA. Two copies.
[2], 32, [1], 14.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stamps and ownership inscription in one of the copies.
3. Di Pariser Kamona, Zamlbuch. The "Satzialistishe Yungt-Bibliatek", Warsaw: "Tzukunft", 1948. Yiddish.
[1], 76, [2] pp, 21 cm. Fair condition. Detached cover and gatherings. Missing spine. Stamp.
4-5. Hemshekh (continuation), Journal for literature, fine arts and social problems. Two booklets: Munich, April 1948, January 1949. Yiddish.
[2], 72, [2] pp; [2], 64, [2] pp, 26 cm. Fair-good condition, Stains.
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Journal from the Bergen-Belsen DP camp and two booklets issued by Poalei Zion (The Workers of Zion). Germany, 1945-1948. Yiddish and a little German and English.
1. "Unzer Sztyme" [Our Voice], journal of She'erit Hapletah at the Bergen-Belsen DP camp. Issue no. 4. Published by "Tzenraler Yiddisher Camitet in Bergen-Belzen" [The Central Jewish Committee Bergen-Belsen], October 1945. Editorial staff: Rafael Olevski, David Rosental, Paul Trepman.
The journal (mimeographed) contains memoirs, stories and poems written by the DPs as well as reports and articles about life in the camp (the first congress of She'erit Hapletah held in the camp, the activity of the aid organizations, a hunger strike of the DPs in protest of the conditions in the camp, a report about a trial of Nazi criminals in Lüneburg, and more). The journal features illustrations and photographs (some of the photographs document the extermination camps immediately after their liberation and are hard to watch). A handwritten signature on top of the front cover: "Zerubavel, 15. X. 1945" [presumably, the signature of Ya'akov Zerubavel].
68 pp, 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (mostly on the cover and first and last leaves). Tears to the edges of several leaves (slightly affecting the text. A long tear to one leaf).
2. Ber Borochov (1881-1917), Zayn Lebn, Shafn un Kamf [Ber Borochov, His Life, Work and Struggle]. Germany: "Poalei Zion", 1946. At the beginning of the booklet, a photographed portrait of Borochov.
32 pp, approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Detached cover, torn along the spine.
3. Dreysik-Yariker Vikuach [An Argument of Thirty Years], by Zerubavel [Ya'akov Zerubavel]. Munich: "Nay Velt" for "Poalei Zion (left)", [1948].
39 pp, approx. 21 cm. good condition. Stains. Tears, especially along the spine and the inner margins of the leaves. The cover is partly detached.
1. "Unzer Sztyme" [Our Voice], journal of She'erit Hapletah at the Bergen-Belsen DP camp. Issue no. 4. Published by "Tzenraler Yiddisher Camitet in Bergen-Belzen" [The Central Jewish Committee Bergen-Belsen], October 1945. Editorial staff: Rafael Olevski, David Rosental, Paul Trepman.
The journal (mimeographed) contains memoirs, stories and poems written by the DPs as well as reports and articles about life in the camp (the first congress of She'erit Hapletah held in the camp, the activity of the aid organizations, a hunger strike of the DPs in protest of the conditions in the camp, a report about a trial of Nazi criminals in Lüneburg, and more). The journal features illustrations and photographs (some of the photographs document the extermination camps immediately after their liberation and are hard to watch). A handwritten signature on top of the front cover: "Zerubavel, 15. X. 1945" [presumably, the signature of Ya'akov Zerubavel].
68 pp, 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (mostly on the cover and first and last leaves). Tears to the edges of several leaves (slightly affecting the text. A long tear to one leaf).
2. Ber Borochov (1881-1917), Zayn Lebn, Shafn un Kamf [Ber Borochov, His Life, Work and Struggle]. Germany: "Poalei Zion", 1946. At the beginning of the booklet, a photographed portrait of Borochov.
32 pp, approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Detached cover, torn along the spine.
3. Dreysik-Yariker Vikuach [An Argument of Thirty Years], by Zerubavel [Ya'akov Zerubavel]. Munich: "Nay Velt" for "Poalei Zion (left)", [1948].
39 pp, approx. 21 cm. good condition. Stains. Tears, especially along the spine and the inner margins of the leaves. The cover is partly detached.
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![Unzer Vort, Tzeytung far Yiddishe Falks-Interesen [Our Word, a Journal for the Matters of the Jewish People], edited by Y. Fi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol21-public/442.jpg "\"Unzer Vort\", Journal of the \"Poalei Zion – Hitachdut\" Party – Special")
Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Unzer Vort, Tzeytung far Yiddishe Falks-Interesen [Our Word, a Journal for the Matters of the Jewish People], edited by Y. Fink [Ya'akov Yisrael Fink]. Paris: S.N.I.E. [ca. 1945]. Yiddish. Cover illustration: A. Krol [Presumably, Abraham Krol].
A special issue for the anniversary of the appearance of the journal "Unzer Vort", the journal of the Poalei Zion – Hitachdut" party for She'erit Hapletah in France. The issue contains articles about the institutions of the Zionist movement and the struggle of the Yishuv in Palestine; articles in memory of Jewish personalities, including Hanna Senesh, S. An-Ski, Stephan Zweig, Leonid Pasternak, and others; articles about the fate of She'erit Hapletah and information about the activity of various aid organizations in Europe; stories and poems describing life in the ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust; and illustrations, photographs and advertisements.
The journal "Unzer Vort" started appearing officially in October 1944, several weeks after the liberation of France from the Nazis (earlier, it was distributed by the Jewish underground movement). Its chief editor was the writer and translator Yisrael Fink (1894-1955).
30 pp, 39 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Stains and blemishes. Creases and tears (mostly along the edges and fold lines).
A special issue for the anniversary of the appearance of the journal "Unzer Vort", the journal of the Poalei Zion – Hitachdut" party for She'erit Hapletah in France. The issue contains articles about the institutions of the Zionist movement and the struggle of the Yishuv in Palestine; articles in memory of Jewish personalities, including Hanna Senesh, S. An-Ski, Stephan Zweig, Leonid Pasternak, and others; articles about the fate of She'erit Hapletah and information about the activity of various aid organizations in Europe; stories and poems describing life in the ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust; and illustrations, photographs and advertisements.
The journal "Unzer Vort" started appearing officially in October 1944, several weeks after the liberation of France from the Nazis (earlier, it was distributed by the Jewish underground movement). Its chief editor was the writer and translator Yisrael Fink (1894-1955).
30 pp, 39 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Stains and blemishes. Creases and tears (mostly along the edges and fold lines).
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Reports of the two first national conferences of the World Union of Poalei Zion, which were held in the DP camps of Wegscheid and "Beit Bialik" in Austria after the Holocaust. [Austria, 1946-1947]. Yiddish.
The reports contain detailed information about the two conferences: their time and place; lists of delegates and guests of honor; the various speakers and the content of their speeches; the discussions and votes; and more. The two booklets are typewritten and mimeographed.
1. Din VeCheshbon fun der ershter landes-kanferents fun der Tz.S. 'Hitachdut' in Estreich – report of the first national conference that was held in the Wegscheid DP camp in November 1946.
30 leaves, approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains (many stains on the cover). Filing holes in the upper margins of all the leaves of the booklet. Penned notations on the last two leaves. Tears along the edges of the cover and to spine. Sticker on top of the front cover.
Not in OCLC.
2. Din VeCheshbon fun der tzveyter landes-kanferents fun der Tz.S. 'Hitachdut' partey in Estreich - report of the second national conference that was held in the "Beit Bialik" DP camp near Salzburg, Austria, in August 1947.
25 leaves, approx. 30c m. Good condition. Stains (many stains on the cover). Filing holes. Tears to edges of cover and spine.
One copy only in OCLC.
The reports contain detailed information about the two conferences: their time and place; lists of delegates and guests of honor; the various speakers and the content of their speeches; the discussions and votes; and more. The two booklets are typewritten and mimeographed.
1. Din VeCheshbon fun der ershter landes-kanferents fun der Tz.S. 'Hitachdut' in Estreich – report of the first national conference that was held in the Wegscheid DP camp in November 1946.
30 leaves, approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains (many stains on the cover). Filing holes in the upper margins of all the leaves of the booklet. Penned notations on the last two leaves. Tears along the edges of the cover and to spine. Sticker on top of the front cover.
Not in OCLC.
2. Din VeCheshbon fun der tzveyter landes-kanferents fun der Tz.S. 'Hitachdut' partey in Estreich - report of the second national conference that was held in the "Beit Bialik" DP camp near Salzburg, Austria, in August 1947.
25 leaves, approx. 30c m. Good condition. Stains (many stains on the cover). Filing holes. Tears to edges of cover and spine.
One copy only in OCLC.
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Five newspapers and booklets issued by the "Dror" movement in Europe after World War II. Lodz and Linz, 1946-1947. Yiddish. One item is in Polish.
1-4. Four issued of "Dror Habonim, Circular of the Center" (printed booklets and mimeographed typescripts). Contain articles and news about the detention camp sin Cyprus, the bombing of the King David Hotel, speeches from conferences of the movement, a map drawn by hand of the Partition Plan, and more. [Linz, 1946]. Without the title pages, are possibly incomplete. Numbers of issues (2-5) are handwritten in the margins of the first pages; Only issue 1 and 2 appear in the NLI.
5-6. Dror, Freyheyt, HeChalutz Hatza'ir (Dror, Freedom, the Young Pioneer). Issues 4 and 5. Lodz, 1947. Accompanied by many pictures and illustrations. On the title page of one of them, an illustration of Jewish fighters during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
7. An issue of the newspaper Dror, Hechaluc Hacair. Lodz, 1946. Accompanied by several pictures. Polish.
Enclosed: eight leaves (mimeographed typescript; presumably, part of a booklet or several booklets of "Dror Habonim, Circular of the Center").
Size and condition vary. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases and tears to margins. Several leaves are detached. Stamps and writing on several pages.
1-4. Four issued of "Dror Habonim, Circular of the Center" (printed booklets and mimeographed typescripts). Contain articles and news about the detention camp sin Cyprus, the bombing of the King David Hotel, speeches from conferences of the movement, a map drawn by hand of the Partition Plan, and more. [Linz, 1946]. Without the title pages, are possibly incomplete. Numbers of issues (2-5) are handwritten in the margins of the first pages; Only issue 1 and 2 appear in the NLI.
5-6. Dror, Freyheyt, HeChalutz Hatza'ir (Dror, Freedom, the Young Pioneer). Issues 4 and 5. Lodz, 1947. Accompanied by many pictures and illustrations. On the title page of one of them, an illustration of Jewish fighters during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
7. An issue of the newspaper Dror, Hechaluc Hacair. Lodz, 1946. Accompanied by several pictures. Polish.
Enclosed: eight leaves (mimeographed typescript; presumably, part of a booklet or several booklets of "Dror Habonim, Circular of the Center").
Size and condition vary. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases and tears to margins. Several leaves are detached. Stamps and writing on several pages.
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![Davar LeYaldei She'erit HaPletah [Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah], a supplement to "Das Vort", two issues – no.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol21-public/445_1.jpg "\"Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah\" – Two Issues – Munich, 1")
![Davar LeYaldei She'erit HaPletah [Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah], a supplement to "Das Vort", two issues – no.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol21-public/445_2.jpg "\"Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah\" – Two Issues – Munich, 1")
Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Davar LeYaldei She'erit HaPletah [Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah], a supplement to "Das Vort", two issues – no. 14-15 (double issue) and no. 17. Munich, July-September 1949.
Two issues of "Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah", a Hebrew supplement to the Yiddish newspaper "Das Vort". The issues contain stories, tales and poems, as well as illustrations (one of them signed in the plate by Nachum Gutman). The front page of issue no. 14-15 features an illustration of Theodor Herzl writing "Der Judenstaat". The front page of issue no. 17 features an announcement about Herzl's burial in Israel.
The supplement was edited by Baruch Oren (Sosnovik; 1915-2004), a children's author, educator, director of the "Yad Labanim" organization and recipient of the Israel Prize for 1980. In 1948, Oren was sent by the Jewish Agency and the Joint to the camps of She'erit Hapletah in Germany, where he was in charge of education for two years. During this period, he served as a reporter of "Davar" and edited the "Davar for the children of She'erit Hapletah".
16 pp, approx. 27 cm. Condition varies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Two issues of "Davar for the Children of She'erit Hapletah", a Hebrew supplement to the Yiddish newspaper "Das Vort". The issues contain stories, tales and poems, as well as illustrations (one of them signed in the plate by Nachum Gutman). The front page of issue no. 14-15 features an illustration of Theodor Herzl writing "Der Judenstaat". The front page of issue no. 17 features an announcement about Herzl's burial in Israel.
The supplement was edited by Baruch Oren (Sosnovik; 1915-2004), a children's author, educator, director of the "Yad Labanim" organization and recipient of the Israel Prize for 1980. In 1948, Oren was sent by the Jewish Agency and the Joint to the camps of She'erit Hapletah in Germany, where he was in charge of education for two years. During this period, he served as a reporter of "Davar" and edited the "Davar for the children of She'erit Hapletah".
16 pp, approx. 27 cm. Condition varies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Four letters addressed to Emilie Schindler (1907-2001), Righteous Among the Nations, who saved Jewish lives during WWII together with her husband Oskar Schindler, by employing them in the factory they owned. Tel Aviv and Australia. Sent to Buenos Aires, 1960s-1980s. German.
Four letters, from Jews who survived the Holocaust thanks to the Schindlers (or from their family members): Two from Dr. Yitzchak (Janek) Dresner from Tel Aviv, one from the Reed / Feldman family in Australia, and one from Izak Stern from Tel Aviv, who served as an accountant in Schindler's enamelware factory in Kraków and was responsible for typing up the famous "Schindler list".
Size varies. Good condition. Enclosed: the envelopes in which the letters were sent.
Four letters, from Jews who survived the Holocaust thanks to the Schindlers (or from their family members): Two from Dr. Yitzchak (Janek) Dresner from Tel Aviv, one from the Reed / Feldman family in Australia, and one from Izak Stern from Tel Aviv, who served as an accountant in Schindler's enamelware factory in Kraków and was responsible for typing up the famous "Schindler list".
Size varies. Good condition. Enclosed: the envelopes in which the letters were sent.
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Three items related to the Eichmann Trial: an admission ticket to the hall, a letter of complaint by the owner of the ticket and a letter of response by the administration of the trial. Jerusalem and Givatayim, June-July 1961.
1. A one-time admission ticket to the Eichmann Trial on 11.7.1961, in the name of Nachum Wallach. Stamped with the stamp of "Beit HaAm Jerusalem".
2. A copy of a letter sent by Nachum Wallach to the "Administration of the Eichmann Trial" – a request for an alternate ticket to replace the ticket for the day there were no court hearings (stapled to a receipt from the Israel Post).
3. An official letter of response by the administration officer – a rejection of the request. Stamped with the stamp of the "Administration of the Eichmann Trial" (Hebrew).
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Fold lines, creases, tears and open tears to the margins of the letters.
1. A one-time admission ticket to the Eichmann Trial on 11.7.1961, in the name of Nachum Wallach. Stamped with the stamp of "Beit HaAm Jerusalem".
2. A copy of a letter sent by Nachum Wallach to the "Administration of the Eichmann Trial" – a request for an alternate ticket to replace the ticket for the day there were no court hearings (stapled to a receipt from the Israel Post).
3. An official letter of response by the administration officer – a rejection of the request. Stamped with the stamp of the "Administration of the Eichmann Trial" (Hebrew).
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Fold lines, creases, tears and open tears to the margins of the letters.
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Four broadsides issued by the "Organization of Anti-Nazi Fighters in Israel". Tel-Aviv: "Amal" press, 1962-1967. Hebrew and some Yiddish.
1. Broadside from October 1962 – "Sign the petition demanding to stop immediately the sewing of uniforms for the murderers of our people!" (Hebrew). Printed on the broadside is the well-known photograph of Rabbi Moshe Hagermann laying cracked phylacteries, surrounded by German soldiers in the market square of Olkusz (Poland) and Jews who were beaten and tortured lying by his side.
2. A broadside printed towards "A memorial rally marking the 19th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp" (Hebrew), 1964.
3. A broadside printed towards "A memorial rally marking the 20th anniversary of the destruction of the Lodz Ghetto" (Hebrew), 1964.
4. A broadside printed towards the national conference of the "Organization of Anti-Nazi Fighters in Israel" , "for the 24th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and a cry against the revival of the Nazis and anti-Semitism" (Hebrew), 1967.
50X35c m. to 47.5X66 cm. Good overall condition. Fold lines. Creases. Tears and open tears along the edges and fold lines (some of them reinforced with tape).
1. Broadside from October 1962 – "Sign the petition demanding to stop immediately the sewing of uniforms for the murderers of our people!" (Hebrew). Printed on the broadside is the well-known photograph of Rabbi Moshe Hagermann laying cracked phylacteries, surrounded by German soldiers in the market square of Olkusz (Poland) and Jews who were beaten and tortured lying by his side.
2. A broadside printed towards "A memorial rally marking the 19th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp" (Hebrew), 1964.
3. A broadside printed towards "A memorial rally marking the 20th anniversary of the destruction of the Lodz Ghetto" (Hebrew), 1964.
4. A broadside printed towards the national conference of the "Organization of Anti-Nazi Fighters in Israel" , "for the 24th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and a cry against the revival of the Nazis and anti-Semitism" (Hebrew), 1967.
50X35c m. to 47.5X66 cm. Good overall condition. Fold lines. Creases. Tears and open tears along the edges and fold lines (some of them reinforced with tape).
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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First editions of the books "Salamandra" and Kar'u Lo Piepel" (They Called Him Piepel) by Ka-Tsetnik (Yehiel De-Nur). Tel-Aviv, 1946/1961.
1. Salamandra. Tel-Aviv: "Dvir", 1946. Translated from a manuscript: Y.L. Baruch [Yitzchak leib Baruch]. The first book of the series "Salamandra, a Chronicle of a Jewish Family in the Twentieth Century", which was written immediately after De-Nur's release from Auschwitz and published shortly after his immigration to Palestine.
287 pp, approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Inscription on the title page.
2. "Kar'u Lo Piepel" [They Called Him Piepel]. Tel-Aviv: "Am HaSefer", 1961. The third book of the series "Salamandra, a Chronicle of a Jewish Family in the Twentieth Century", describing the experiences of a child in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
256 pp, 21 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
Ka-Tsetnik is the pen name of Yehiel De-Nur (born Yehiel Feiner, 1917-2001), a native of Poland, and survivor of the Auschwitz Extermination Camp, where he lost his entire family. De-Nur Arrived to Palestine via Italy and dedicated his life to writing about his imprisonment in Auschwitz. While writing his books, De-Nur would return to the "Auschwitz planet", close himself in his room, wear his prisoner garb and not shower, sleep or eat for days. He wrote his books, characterized by chilling descriptions, while protecting his complete anonymity and using the pen name Ka-Tsetnik. His identity was exposed during the Eichmann trials, when he took the witness stand.
1. Salamandra. Tel-Aviv: "Dvir", 1946. Translated from a manuscript: Y.L. Baruch [Yitzchak leib Baruch]. The first book of the series "Salamandra, a Chronicle of a Jewish Family in the Twentieth Century", which was written immediately after De-Nur's release from Auschwitz and published shortly after his immigration to Palestine.
287 pp, approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Inscription on the title page.
2. "Kar'u Lo Piepel" [They Called Him Piepel]. Tel-Aviv: "Am HaSefer", 1961. The third book of the series "Salamandra, a Chronicle of a Jewish Family in the Twentieth Century", describing the experiences of a child in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
256 pp, 21 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
Ka-Tsetnik is the pen name of Yehiel De-Nur (born Yehiel Feiner, 1917-2001), a native of Poland, and survivor of the Auschwitz Extermination Camp, where he lost his entire family. De-Nur Arrived to Palestine via Italy and dedicated his life to writing about his imprisonment in Auschwitz. While writing his books, De-Nur would return to the "Auschwitz planet", close himself in his room, wear his prisoner garb and not shower, sleep or eat for days. He wrote his books, characterized by chilling descriptions, while protecting his complete anonymity and using the pen name Ka-Tsetnik. His identity was exposed during the Eichmann trials, when he took the witness stand.
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