The Extermination of Polish Jews - Album of Pictures.

AUCTION 88 | Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 at 1:00pm
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Lot 128
(HOLOCAUST).

The Extermination of Polish Jews - Album of Pictures.

More than 250 photographic illustrations. Captioned in Polish, Russian, English, French, Yiddish and Hebrew. Foreword by the historian Philip Friedman. ff. (21), 104, (15). First few leaves worn along edge. Recent boards. Large oblong 4to.

Lodz: The Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland 1945

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $850
As noted in the Introduction, many of the photographs in the collection were taken by the Nazis themselves: "It is characteristic for the mentality of these murderers, that they had a general liking for keeping 'charming' keepsakes of their criminal and cruel activities. The most popular form was to register their 'achievements' by taking amateur photographs.”