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Victimas del Terror Nazi. La Recompensa de los Salvadores. [“Some Victims of Nazi Terror. The Reward of the Salvors.”]

Auction 91 · Lot 162

Victimas del Terror Nazi. La Recompensa de los Salvadores. [“Some Victims of Nazi Terror. The Reward of the Salvors.”]

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
$450

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(HOLOCAUST).

printer

Odhams Press, circa

Place

London

Publication

1940

Description

Text entirely in Spanish.

summary

Details the life of the 4,000 German and Austrian Jewish men who were given temporary sanctuary in England in late 1939. They were housed in the Kitchener refugee camp, located in Richborough, between the towns of Ramsgate and Sandwich, along the coast of East Kent. It is not clear why this publication was produced in the Spanish language. For more on the Kitchener camp see: http://www.kitchenercamp.co.uk/. and https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/leave-to-land-the-kitchener-camp-rescue-1939/. A detailed bibliography relating to Kitchener can be found here: http://www.kitchenercamp.co.uk/references/books/.
pp. (28). Photographic illustrations throughout. Original pictorial wrappers. Sm. folio.
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