‎Shoah‎

‎Judenlos unter Hitler. Die Ausrottung der Juden in Warschau und ihr heldenhafter Widerstand.‎

‎[Genève], Verlag Sch. SAG, 1944. 75 S., Original-Broschur, kl.8°. Deutsche Ausgabe einer im gleichen Jahr erschienenen Broschüre über den jüdischen Widerstand in Warschau. Während hier kein Herausgaber angegeben wird, ist das Original unterzeichnet vom "Comité National de la Résistance Juive en Pologne". Im Jahr darauf erschien in Brüssel eine veränderte und erweiterte Ausgabe. Softcover Umschlag etwas fleckig und gebrochen, einige Lagen lose. Text fast durchgehend mit Bleistift fein unterstrichen.‎

Bookseller reference : 166695

‎JUDISKA VÄRLDSKONGRESSEN : MEDEL OCH MÅL‎

‎Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 22 pages. In Swedish. “World Jewish Congress : Resources And Objectives”. SUBJECT (S) : World Jewish Congress. OCLC lists only 1 copy worldwide (Harvard) . Pencil writing on cover. Good + condition. (HOLO2-38-19)‎

‎LA COMMUNAUTÉ DE PARIS APRÉS LA LIBÉRATION.‎

‎1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 87 pages ; 21 cm. In French. Title translates into English as, “The Parisian Community After Liberation. ” A Directory of Jewish life in Paris published two years after the Liberation of Paris. Contains listings for The Rabbinate, Temple Administrators, Religious Schools, Cultural Associations, Other Associations of General Interest, Social Workers, Fraternal Organizations, Pro-Palestine Organizations, and Youth Movments. Also contains introductory remarks by Chief Rabbi of Paris Julien Weill, and the president of the Consistoire de Paris, Georges Wormser. Wormser served as head of the cabinet for French prime minister and Dreyfusard Georges Clemenceau. OCLC lists just 6 copies worldwide. Water damage throughout. About good condition. (holo2-131-12)‎

‎MASEKHET TA'ANIT MIN TALMUD BAVLI 'IM KOL HA-MEFARSHIM‎

‎1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 62, 50 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Tractate Taanit from the Babylonian Talmud with all Commentaries. ” Vaad Hatzalah was an organization to rescue Jews in Europe from the Holocaust. After World War II, the Vaad played an active role in the spiritual rehabilitation of the survivors, continuing its operations until the early 1950s. From its establishment in 1939 until the end of 1945, the Vaad spent more than three million dollars on relief and rescue activities. While its insistence on according rescue efforts top priority and circumventing bureaucratic and legal obstacles has been favorably acknowledged by historians, its particularism and insistence on priority for Torah learning at the possible expense of rescue activities continue to be a source of debate and polemic in the Jewish community (JVL, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Holocaust - refugees- Talmud. Ta? Anit -- Commentaries. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide (OCLC: 122743796) . Pages are browning and fragile, with some chipping in margins to first few pages. Overall good condition. (HOLO2-142-7)‎

‎Materialien zum Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas. Hrsg. von der Stiftung Denkmal für die Ermordeten Juden Europas.‎

‎Berlin, Nicolai, (2005). 4° (31 x 21 cm). 183 S. mit zahlreichen teils farbigen photographischen Abb., Faksimiles und Karten. Illustrierter Original-Klappkarton.‎

‎Erste Ausgabe. "Dieses Buch bietet alle wichtigen Informationen zu den beiden Säulen des vom New Yorker Architekten Peter Eisenmann entworfenen Denkmals [in Berlin], dem weiträumigen Stelenfeld und dem unterirdisch angelegten Ort der Information" (Einbandtext). - Sehr gutes Exemplar.‎

Bookseller reference : 3230AB

‎Meditate che questo è stato. Storia e memoria della deportazione e dei campi di sterminio.‎

‎Roma, Nuova Iniziativa Editoriale, 2004, in-16, br. edit., pp. 175, (7). Con ill. in b.n. e bibliografia essenziale. "Giorni di Storia", 17. Edizione fuori commercio per i lettori dell'Unità. Stato di nuovo.‎

‎MEET THE REFUGEES. ‎

‎1st edition. Original photographic paper wrappers, 8vo, 24 pages. Issued by the National Industrial Assembly of the Young Women's Christian Association. From just prior to US entry into the war. Emphasizes that the incoming refugees fleeing Nazism are not a threat to American labor, nor might they represent a "Fifth Column. ” A copy sold at auction for over USD 550 (including commissions) at auction in 2015. Original price penned on margin of cover, light wear, Very Good Condition. (holo2-128-4A)‎

‎Menschen fliehen zu uns. Tatsachenberichte, hrg. von der Schweiz(erischen) Zentralstelle für Flüchtlingshilfe ; [Mit] Illustr. [im Text] von Otto Baumberger ; [und Umschlagbild von] Aldo Patocchi..‎

‎(Bern), Schweiz(erischen) Zentralstelle für Flüchtlingshilfe, (1944). 32 S., mit zahlreichen Abbildungen nach Zeichnungen von Otto Baumberger im Text sowie einer Illustration nach Aldo Patocchi auf dem Umschlagrückseite. Or.kt., kl.8°. Von 20 privaten schweizerischen Hilfswerken, die sich in der "Schweizerischen Zentralstelle füre Flüchtlingshilfe" zusammengeschlossen hatten, herausgegebene Textsammlung mit Berichten von Flüchtlingen, die während des Dritten Reichs, respektive des Zweiten Weltkriegs in der Schweiz Zuflucht suchten. Neben anonymen Berichten der verschiedenen Hilfswerke, als Hauptbeitrag von Hans Zbinden, "Die grosse Heimatlosigkeit". Die Zentralstelle war politisch und konfessionell neutral und vertrat die verschiedenen, teils politischen, teils religiösen Hilfswerke gegenüber den Behörden und in der Öffentlichkeit. Obschon in grosser Auflage verteilt, heute selten. Softcover Minim angestaubt.‎

Bookseller reference : 144893

‎OSVECIM HROB CTYR MILIONU NEVINNÝCH‎

‎1st edition. Original Red Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 31 pages. In Czech. “Preklad z moskevské ‘Pravdy’…. Prelozeno z rustiny. ” Title translates as “Auschwitz: The Grave of Four Million Innocents. ” Published by the Association of Liberated Political Prisoners, Survivors and Victims of Nazism. This is a Soviet-zone, Czech-published translation of the Soviet Investigation into War Crimes which was originally published in Pravda. As such, it reflects the Soviet view which emphasized Soviet rather than Jewish suffering at the hands of the Nazis…. This may be a reason so few copies of this pamphlet survived in Czechsoslovakia. OCLC-Worldcat lists only one copy worldwide (Czech State Research Library in Olomouc) . Underlining on a few pages, touch of spinewear, Otherwise Very Good Condition, a striking copy. (holo2-125-45)‎

‎PETSATSOT-ESH HADASHOT HASBAROT VE-HORA? OT LE-TSOFE-ESH ULE-MITNADVE SHIRUTE H.G.A.‎

‎1st Edition. Original Illustrated Red Paper Wrappers Portraying an Anthropomorphized Bomb with a Swastika Symbol Destroying a Town. 8vo. 64 pages ; 16 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates into English as, “Armaments: Intended for Bomb Fire Viewers, and H. G. A. Service Members. ” Holocaust-era Manuel on bomb safety procedures. Illustrations throughout depicting proper procedure in crisis situations, as well as some technical sketches of various explosives. SUBJECT (S) : Civil Defense. Very scarce and of historical importance. OCLC lists no physical copies worldwide. Ex-library with Institutional Stamp. Some wear but overall good+ condition. (Holo2-131-29)‎

‎PRAYER BOOK: ABRIDGED FOR JEWS IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.‎

‎24mo. , 341 (45) pages. In English & Hebrew. Good condition. (AMR31-8a)‎

‎Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry regarding the problems of European Jewry and Palestine. Lausanne, 20th April, 1946. Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.‎

‎London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946. 80 S., Original-Broschur, gr.8°. Softcover Umschlag etwas angestaubt und knittrig, mit Bibliotheksschildchen. Miscellaneous 8 (1946)‎

Bookseller reference : 160496

‎Sachsenhausen. [Hrsg. Komitee der Antifaschistischen Widerstandskämpfer der DDR. Vorwort von Peter Edel].‎

‎Berlin, Kongress-Verlag, (1962). 4°. 186 S. mit Holzschnittinitialien und 52 teils ganzseitigen Photos von Ernst Schäfer. Original-Leinenband mit OUmschlag.‎

‎Erste Ausgabe. Bildband mit viersprachigen Text zur Einweihung der Nationalen Gedenkstätte 1961. Bildwerke von Rene Graetz, Waldemar Grzimek, Walter Womacka. - Bibliotheksstempel (ZK der SED) verso Titelblatt und kleine Signaturaufkleber auf Deckel und Umschlag. >Gewicht über 1 Kg - Versand in DE 6,50 ? / EU 13,00 ? / International 18,00 ?<‎

Bookseller reference : 112910AB

‎SEDER RITUAL OF REMEMBRANCE: FOR THE SIX MILLION JEWS WHO PERISHED AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS AND FOR THE HEROES‎

‎Pamphlet. 8vo. 4 pages. 24 cm. In English and Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Seder -- Liturgy. Judaism -- Liturgy. Cover Subtitle: “Lest We Forget! ” OCLC lists only 5 copies worldwide (Hebrew Union College, Eastern Shores Library System, Mead Public Library, University of Leeds, Harvard College Library) . Few pen marks and stains, good condition. (HOLO2-37-17).‎

‎Terezin. Mista utrpeni a vzdoru.‎

‎(Prag, 1991). 4°. 79 S. mit Abbildungen. Original-Karton. (=Dokomenty Svazek; 221).‎

Bookseller reference : 108073AB

‎THE AMERICAN HEBREW. VOL. 147 NRS. 1-26. MAY 17-NOV 8, 1940. 26 ISSUES PRESENT, COMPLETE HALF YEAR.‎

‎1st edition. 4to. Later Cloth, 4to, Approximately 20 pages each, approximately 520 pages total. Issues were published weekly. Holocaust-era American weekly Jewish magazine. “From the time of its founding, The American Hebrew covered many topics of intense Jewish interest internationally” (wikipedia 2018). This set of magazines contain articles about WWII, such as the topic of Jewish refugees, “Behind the War,” “Relationship Between Religion and Democracy, “War Propaganda in England and Germany,” as well as things essays as a “Resort Guide: Another List of Ideal Vacation Spots Selected for American Hebrew Readers.” SUBJECT(S): Jewish newspapers. -- United States. OCLC: 1479954. Many copies have a YMHA stamp on cover of magazine. Cloth cover has staining and dampstains, pages are not affected. Spine says “American Hebrew 147 May-Nov. 1940”. Magazines in Very Good Condition. (HOLO2-140-11-J)‎

‎THE CHILD IN THE YEARS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945: APPEAL TO THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD‎

‎1st edition, original wrappers, 8vo. 31+[1] pages. “The International Scientific Session under the heading ‘The Child In the Years of The Second World War’ was held in Warsaw on 26th-28th of April 1979. It was organized on the occasion of the International Year of the Child by the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland and by the Council for the Protection of Monuments of Combat and Martyrdom. The subject of the session were Nazi crimes committed on children and youth, the struggle of nations to save children and youth from their biological extermination, demoralization, denationalization and depravation by the Nazi occupant and also the participation of youth in the combat against Nazism in the years of the Second World War, 1939-1945…. The session coincided with the 40th anniversary of the Third Reich’s aggression on Poland which initiated the Second World War, and with the 34th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. It was, therefore, an occasion to reflect on what was fascizm and where it led to. ” (from introduction) SUBJECT(S) : World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Poland. Atrocities. Corp Author(s) : Rada Ochrony Pomników Walki I Meczenstwa (Poland) ; Glówna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Polsce. OCLC: 34502040, OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide: (National Library of Poland, Bib Narodowa, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, University of S Florida Library, and Niod Instituut Voor Oorlogs) . Upper right corner of cover and pages is slightly bent, light wear on cover, else Very Good Condition. Scarce. (HOLO2-140-4-U)‎

‎THE JEWISH BULLETIN. 4 WARTIME ISSUES.‎

‎8vo. Included No. 22, June 1943; No. 35, July 1944; No. 36, August 1944; No. 45, May 1945. SUBJECT (S) : Jews; World War, 1939-1945. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. “The purpose of this Bulletin is to provide readers with information and views of Jewish interest on present-day issues, especially from the spiritual point of view. ” No. 22 and 45 have a few small tears around the edges, all are yellowed to varying degrees, overall good condition. Price for lot of all 4 issues. (k-HOLO2-6-26)‎

‎THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE VERSUS HITLER‎

‎1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 12mo, 13+[1] pages. Holocaust-era publication discussing the response of guerilla warfare to Nazi invasion and atrocities. "Since the Germans have been in occupation of the different countries no class of the population has escaped the plunder, violence, brutality, misfortune and death which fascism has brought in its train. It is this common suffering of all classes that mainly explains the nation-wide character of the anti-Hitler front in every occupied country. " (page 4) . "Popular Lecture Series. " Very Good+ Condition, near perfect. (HOLO2-145-23-ADTX)‎

‎THE VOICE OF CHRISTIAN AMERICA. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE.‎

‎1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to, 48 pages. Photographic illustrations. The National Conference on Palestine took place on March 9, 1944 in Washington D. C. At the Statler Hotel, wherein influential American Christians rallied in support of Palestine as a national home and democratic commonwealth for the Jewish People. Speakers included Harvard University professor Carl J. Friedrich and future-New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner who attacked the British White Paper of 1939 as "Palestine's Munich. ” Stamp on cover, Very Good Condition. (kh-5-54)‎

‎THE VOICE OF YOUTH. ISSUES 1-3 [COMPLETE? ]‎

‎1st edition. Original stapled paper covers, 4to (8.5x11 inch) mimeographed sheets stapled at left, 11, 11 and 4 pages. First three issues of the bulletin for members of the Youth Section of the Workmen’s Circle (Arbayter Ring) . Updates on Jewish socialists active in southern California. The second issue includes a poignant piece about a college student who committed suicide in despondence over the situation in Europe and the fear that immigrants in the US would be expelled or put in camps. Interesting war-time look at how young left-wing American Jews were responding to the unfolding Holocaust in Europe and changing conditions in the US. No copies on OCLC, so unknown if any later issues were published, but quite possibly complete. First issue has creased pages and a long closed tear to the back cover. Exceedingly rare. Important. (holo2-139-16A)‎

‎TO THE COUNSELLORS OF PEACE: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE‎

‎Folio. 110 pages. In English. In good condition. (Holo2-10-26)‎

‎VISITOR'S GUIDE TO "FOR THIS THE EARTH MOURNS" : A MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST ERECTED BY THE JEWISH WELFARE FEDERATION OF GREATER TOLEDO‎

‎1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages, 23 cm. In English. A visitor’s guide for Toledo’s Holocaust Memorial, created by Lois Dorfman, whose poetry appears in this guide. SUBJECTS: Holocaust memorials -- Ohio -- Toledo. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poetry. No copies in OCLC. Very good condition. Rare. (HOLO2-142-13-A)‎

‎VUGHT, POORT VAN DE HEL: OORLOGSHERINNERINGEN VAN 'N JOOD.‎

‎1st edition. Original illustrated 4-color paper wrappers, 8vo, 77 pages ; 24 cm. In the original Dutch. With the dramatic cover showing a cartooned SS officer consuming thousands of Jewish civilians, bright red blood dripping from the title, and a bright yellow Jewish star ID surrounding the final word “Jood. ” Title translates as: “Vught, Gate of Hell: War memoirs of a Jew. ” Vught, also known as Hertogenbosch, “was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Herzogenbusch was the only concentration camp run directly by the SS in western Europe outside of Germany. The camp was first used in 1943 and held 31, 000 prisoners. 749 prisoners died in the camp, and the others were transferred to other camps shortly before the camp was liberated by the Allied Forces in 1944” (Wikipedia, 2015) . SUBJECT(S) : World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews. Persecutions. Concentratiekampen. Joden. Tweede Wereldoorlog. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide, but only 4 in the US (Yale, US Holocaust Museum, Harvard, Ohio State) . Heavy foxing to cover, as often seen on Dutch covers of this vintage, otherwise Very Good Condition. (Holo2-126-19) xxx‎

‎XXXI della deportazione degli ebrei italiani e ricordo della loro partecipazione all Resistenza.‎

‎Pisa, palazzo municipale, 1° dicembre 1974, in-8, br. edit., pp. 26, (2). Con ill. in b.n. A cura del Comitato Regionale Toscano per il 30° della Resistenza e della Liberazione.‎