Friedrich Gollert. Warschau unter Deutscher Herrschaft. Deutsche Aufbauarbeit im Distrikt Warschau [“Warsaw Under German Rule.”]

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 143

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Friedrich Gollert. Warschau unter Deutscher Herrschaft. Deutsche Aufbauarbeit im Distrikt Warschau [“Warsaw Under German Rule.”]

<<First edition.>> Frontispiece portrait of Hans Frank, the Generalgouverneur of occupied Poland. Foreword by the Gouverneur of the Distrikt Warschau, Ludwig Fischer (with his portrait). Many photographic illustrations. pp. 310. Opening blank removed. Original gilt-ruled green boards with gilt Hoheitsadler on upper cover, sunned, spine bumped. 4to.

Warsaw: 1942

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $300

Nazi publication on the 'rebuilding' of Warsaw and the 'improvements' of the district under German rule. Includes a section on the Warsaw Ghetto in which the risible author notes how after the takeover of the city Jews were found in living conditions rampant with infectious diseases. In order to 'protect' the rest of the population and the German army, German authorities were 'forced' to create a separate "Wohnbezirk" (living district) for Jews to keep them from spreading diseases. The Warsaw Ghetto was established in October / November 1940 with over 400,000 Jews residing in an area of 1.3 square miles. Hence creating the very living conditions that the Nazi author originally imputes upon the Jews.