Auction 9 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Story of a Jew who Fled Treblinka in August 1943
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Sold for: $625
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Story of a Jew who fled the extermination camp of Treblinka near Malkinia. Published by the secretariat of the Kibbutz Meuchad, "Ha-Chalutz" committee, October 4, 1943.
Story of D.M. of Lodz, as reported on August 30 1943, who succeeded to run away from Treblinka extermination camp with two other boys, after hiding under a pile of garments during the night. In his story he describes in detail life in the ghetto, arrival in the camp. The selection, the labor, and evidence of a shooting-pit near the camp.
The story is preceded by the note "we have to be cautious and this is why we cannot publish the end of his story " and "the horrors have to be told before the general assembly".
[6] leaves printed on a type writer and stenciled, 33 cm. Good condition. Slight tears to upper edges.
First-hand testimony, important and rare , by one of the few who fled Treblinka.
Story of D.M. of Lodz, as reported on August 30 1943, who succeeded to run away from Treblinka extermination camp with two other boys, after hiding under a pile of garments during the night. In his story he describes in detail life in the ghetto, arrival in the camp. The selection, the labor, and evidence of a shooting-pit near the camp.
The story is preceded by the note "we have to be cautious and this is why we cannot publish the end of his story " and "the horrors have to be told before the general assembly".
[6] leaves printed on a type writer and stenciled, 33 cm. Good condition. Slight tears to upper edges.
First-hand testimony, important and rare , by one of the few who fled Treblinka.
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita