Boris Taslitzky. 111 Dessins Faits a Buchenwald, 1944-1945.

(HOLOCAUST)

Paris

1945

First edition. 111 illustrated plates by Taslitzky. Laid loose as issued. 11-page French introduction by Julien Cain. Limited edition, this copy numbered 804.

Boris Taslitzky (1911-2005) was born in Paris to Russian parents who had emigrated to France after the failure of the 1905 Russian Revolution. In 1928, Taslitzky entered the École des Beaux-Arts and soon joined the Communist Party. During the war, his mother was taken in the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup and died on the way to Auschwitz. Taslitzky joined the Resistance but was deported in one of the last transports to Buchenwald. There he managed to create pencil drawings that bear witness to life in the camps.