The Extermination of Polish Jews - Album of Pictures. Foreword by historian Philip Friedman. Introduction by Gershon Taffet

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $700

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author

(HOLOCAUST).

printer

for The Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland

Place

Lodz

Publication

1945

Description

More than 250 photographic illustrations. Captioned in Polish, Russian, English, French, Yiddish and Hebrew

summary

As pointed out in the Introduction, many of the photographs in the collection here 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."

ff. (21), 104, (15). Original soft wrappers, front cover printed white on black, tattered. Large oblong 4to

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