b'Lot 98 Lot 9998(HOLOCAUST). Philo-Atlas: Handbuch fuer die Juedische Auswanderung [Guide for Jewish Emigration]. Edited by Ernst G. Lowenthal and Hans Oppenheimer. With 20 colored maps of countries and regions around the world, including one world map displaying distances from Berlin. pp. (5), 283. Original printed linen boards. 8vo. Berlin, Philo Verlag, 1938. $800 - $1200 Styled after the popular Philo Lexikon, this publication is a remarkable record of its time. Issued barely two weeks prior to the outbreak of Kristallnacht (9/10 November, 1938), this appears as nothing but a tourist guide-book. Yet its contents reveal a far more urgent need: An alphabetical survey of countries world-wide with their respective rules for obtaining entry-visas. These are no tourist formalities, for now survival depends on them. Which countries still accept migrants? How much money do they demand? For which occupations is there a need? Which diseases need one be prepared for? Where to nd local organizations who can assist immigrants?The Jewish owned Philo Verlag, was forcibly closed a month following the publication of this guide, by which time the Nazis decided they were no longer willing to permit Jews to leave Germanyeven if they could nd a country willing to take them in, which after the Evian Conference of earlier that summer, was most unlikely. The Jews who remained in Germany were now quite trapped.99(HOLOCAUST). Jules Romains (French novelist and President of International PEN, 1885-1972). Typed Letter Signed, on letterhead of International PEN, written in French, to the President of France [Albert Lebrun]. A call to action regarding the deplorable situation of the Jews in Germany. One page. Quarter folds. 4to. Paris, 15th November, 1938. $2000 - $3000 Written to the President of France six days following Kristallnacht, this letter states the position of PEN International - a renowned international writers organization founded in 1921 - in regard to the most recent acts of Nazi violence. Jules Romains calls on the President of France to take action, stating: These atrocities have no excuse[they] place us in an atmosphere conjuring the darkest periods of barbarism. Romains notes that at the last PEN conference, members resolved to facilitate the acquisition of visas for Jewish intellectuals in Germany who fear for their lives.Jules Romains was the president of PEN International from 1936 to 1941. Often nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he is most well-known for his 27-volume Les Hommes de Bonne Volonte which exemplies his philosophy of Unanism.50'