Julius Fucik. Reportaje Al Pie De La Horca [“Notes from the Gallows.”] With a poem by Pablo Neruda.

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 141
(HOLOCAUST).

Julius Fucik. Reportaje Al Pie De La Horca [“Notes from the Gallows.”] With a poem by Pablo Neruda.

<<First Spanish edition.>> Photographic plates. Original color illustrated wrappers by the Mexican artist <<Diego Rivera.>> pp. 128. Browned. Light wear to covers. 8vo.

México: Fondo de Cultura Popular 1952

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $250
Account written by Julius Fučík (1903-43), a Czechoslovak journalist, active member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and part of the forefront of anti-Nazi resistance. Fučík was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the Nazis. The present book, composed while incarcerated, was smuggled out by a sympathetic prison guard.