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Auction 15 · Lot 236

Hecht, Ben. We Will Never Die. A Memorial Pageant Dedicated to the 2,000,000 Jewish Dead of Europe. pp.40 and 4pp. illustrated plates

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
$1,100

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author

(HOLOCAUST)

Place

New York

Publication

1943

Description

WITH: Official Program. Upper cover designed by Arthur Szyk. Numerous photgraphs of the event. * Four-page Advertisement

summary

A public program produced by Billy Rose and writen by Ben Hecht involving the talents of Kurt Weill, Paul Muni, Edward G. Robinson, etc. Performed in the major cities of America pleading of the cause of European Jewry and in particular seeking to establish a Jewish Army comprised of Sateless and Palestinian Jews. "It is our sincere hope that through this moving memorial, concrete measures will be taken to save the survivors among European Jewry by 'Action- Not Pity'."
Original wrappers. Folio. (3)
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