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1944First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 4to. 47 pages; 28 cm. Filled with illustrations and photographs of Nazi atrocities. Though other similar pictorals appears after the war, this appears to be the first of its kind issued before the end of the war. Divided into various articles with titles such as Biological Warfare- Germany vs. Europe, Nazi Slaughter Pens for Europe , and Yugoslavia: Land of Corpses . Burnet Hershey was a writer, known for Nutville (1935) , Rah, Rah, Radio (1935) and Hi De Ho (1937) (IMDB 2017) . Johannes Steel is best known for his 1934 book The Second World War . His book The Second World War predicted the war based on an assessment of Nazi intentions and historical parallels. Though the book had the war starting in 1935 rather than 1939 as it actually did, it became highly regarded after the start of the war, proving him essentially correct. Because of his prescience, he became widely followed, with a popular radio commentary in the U. S. During the war (Wikipedia 2017) . The poisonous ambitions Germany has injected into the minds of evil men will not disappear on V-Day, or any other day for many long years to come. The system Germany designed to crush all opposition can be easily adopted by any nation which is infected with the ancient lust to dominate the world. SUBJECT(S) : WWII, Nazis, Atrocities. OCLC lists 15 holdings worldwide. Spine repair, light wear to wrappers, Good condition. (HOLO2-134-51A)
19391st edition. Original paper wrappers. 12mo, 29 pages. Illustrated cover. Holocaust-era pamphlet condemning Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany and building support for Jewish refugees coming to America. The income derived from the sale of this booklet and other publications of HUMANITY GUILD, Inc. will be used to provide a haven for refugees, and assure for them a peaceful and secure future. (back cover) From the foreword, Within the covers of this booklet we present material that should be of vital importance to every liberal minded person who is convinced that all human beings are alike entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is a case of Humanity vs. Nazi-Fascism with you acting as the judge. We accuse the Nazi-Fascists of wantonly destroying a great people whose contributions to human culture and civilization are incalcuable. Unless we also would condemn the Jews to an undeserving fate we must build for them a bridge to a more secure and happier future. Upon our verdict, then, depend the lives of these unfortunate human beings. (page [1]) Not listed on OCLC or for sale anywhere else. Pencil marks on cover, else clean copy. Very Good Condition. Important and Extremely Rare(HOLO2-144-28)
19461st Edition. Original Boards with Original Illustrated Dust Jacket. 237 pages ; 22 cm. In Czech. Early post-Holocaust publication. Title translates into English as, Sixth Spring. Václav Jíru (1910-1980) was a Czech photographer and editor In 1940 he was arrested by the Gestapo for membership in the resistance movement, and was sentenced to life imprisonment and jailed until the end of the war. In his book The Sixth Spring, he published his pictures taken shortly after the liberation, described his experience in prison and concentration camps. After the war he became a member of the Association of Czechoslovak Journalists and in 1948 a member of the Union of Czechoslovak Artists. He devoted himself to continue shooting photos, but also searched for new talented photographers (Wikipedia, 2017) SUBJECT(S) : Czech literature. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Both book and dust jacket in very good condition. (holo2-135-38)
1879Period boards. 8vo, 41 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Germany. Named Person: Marr, Wilhelm, b. 1819. OCLC lists 5 copies (Cornell, Univ. Chicago, Bayerische Staatsbibliotek - Germany, Nat. Library of Israel. SUBJECT(S) : Antisemitism -- Germany. Germany -- Ethnic relations. Ex-library with usual markings. Good condition. (BIB-18-4A)
1943First Shanghai edition. Original boards. 8vo. Vol. Nashim-Kedushah is 256, 72, and 222 pages. Vol. Haflaah-Zeraim is 274 and 198 pages. Vol. Nezikin-Shoftim is 140, 128, 268, and 216 pages. Publication of this Mishneh Torah edition was made possible by a donation of Rabbi Zvi Efron, to whom a tribute is made. Published by the exiled Mir Yeshivah, one of the only yeshivas to survive as a whole body. In terms of the learning, yeshiva students say this was the most productive period ever, as they had nothing else to do other than sink into the study of the Rambam and the Talmud. This book of the Rambam was edited by the heads of the yeshiva during its years in the exile in Shanghai. SUBJECTS: Rambam Holocaust Displaced Persons. OCLC lists one copy at JTS. Very light wear to boards. Pages are browning. Text is very clean overall, but very lightly faded in some areas. Overall Very Good Condition. (RAB-60-22)
1940Original Wraps. 8vo. 19 pages. 24 cm. Early (1940) report on the massacre of the Jews of Poland; Second Impression. First published: May 1940. Second Impression: September 1940. Variant, second impression, with name of publisher on rear wrap, and added preface (mentions the capitulation of France in the war) and date of impression on verso of front wrap. Memorandum submitted to the 39th Annual Conference of the Labour Party at Bournemouth by the Jewish Socialist Labour Party (Poale Zone) of Great Britain. Memorandum on Nazi persecution of Jews in the first months of the war and the need for immediate settlement in Palestine: The second world war has revealed the unparalleled tragedy of the Jewish people. The sufferings and humiliation of the Jews under Nazi rule have no counterpart even in the cruelty and crime deliberately practised against other inhabitants of the vanquished states. Robbery of the last means of subsistence, starvation, physical ill-treatment, seclusion in overcrowded ghettoes, suppression of all cultural life, concentration camps, slave labour, massacre, and the Lublin reserve destined to become the grave of its compulsory inhabitants this is the lot of Jewry under Nazi rule. - pg 3. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Congresses. Jews - Colonization Palestine - Congresses. Jews - Palestine - Congresses. Jews. Jews - Colonization. World War (1939-1945) Conference proceedings. Middle East - Palestine. OCLC lists 12 copies. Light wear to wraps, very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-123-6)
1942Original illustrated wraps. 12mo. 56 pages. 19 cm. First edition. A Record of the German Barbarities in Poland in the First Six Months of 1942. With two page map of concentration camps in Germany. Extremely detailed early report concerning Nazi atrocities, executions, concentrations camps, the extermination of the Lublin ghetto, etc. ; Destruction of the Jewish Population is one section in Documents from Poland. As early as 1940, the Government Delegate alerted London about the persecution of Jews in Poland. Thereupon, the Polish government-in-exile sent a note on this subject to allied governments (May 3, 1941) . Also in 1941, the Polish Ministry of Information in London published a booklet on the persecution of Jews in Poland, entitled Bestiality Unknown in Any Previous Record of History and based on information received from occupied Poland. In January 1942, the Ministry issued another publication, The New German Order in Poland. Both publications created a stir throughout the allied world, which after 1941 could no longer plead ignorance of the persecution of Jews in Poland. ("The Polish Underground State: A Guide to the Underground, 1939-1945" Stefan Korbonski) Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Poland. World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities. Some staining to covers, staples show rust, still atttractive and dramatic, about Very Good- Condition. (HOLO2-104-27C)
1940First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 119 pages; 18 cm. In Yiddish. Holocaust-era publication from Paris. Title translates to Toward the historic day of judgment, the Jewish people between curses and redemption Published early in the Holocaust, Ben-Adir argues for the enactment of national introspection and calm rather than territorialism! Ben-Adir (18781942) was writer and Jewish socialist leader, born in Krucha, Belorussia. He was a child prodigy and left for university in Minsk at the age of 16. While there, he was heavily influenced by Jewish socialism. After the First Zionist Congress in 1897, Ben-Adir published an article advocating political Zionism in opposition to the ideology of Ahad Ha-Am. After then Kishinev pogrom of 1903 Ben-Adir published a call for the formation of a Jewish party which would combine the aims of revolutionary socialism with national Jewish aspirations. Ben-Adir was one of the founders and ideologists of the Vozrozhdeniye group, and of its successor of the Sejmists (Jewish Socialist Workers' Party) whose program included Jewish national-political autonomy while envisaging territorial sovereignty as a remote aim. Ben-Adir stayed in Erets Israel between 1925 and 1927 but returned to Berlin, leaving for Paris in 1933. "Algemeyne geshikhtlekhe perspektivn un problemen -- tsentrale yidishe problem." SUBJECTS: Zionism Jewish nationalism. OCLC Number:19316146. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Minor browning, edgewear to wrappers at corners. Overall Very Good- Condition. (ZION-14-52)
1939Original Wraps. 8vo. 36, [31] pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German. 'The Reallocation Campaign of the Emigration Department in the first year of existence'. Profusely illustrated (32 pages of plates at rear) report from the Jewish Community of Vienna concerning its work and skills training program, to assist the Jews of Vienna in emigration. One of the last publications of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde during the holocaust period. Subjects: Jews - Austria - Vienna - History. Vocational education - Austria - AustriaIsraelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien. OCLC lists 6 copies (JTSA, Natl Libr Israel, Biblio Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Univ Haifa, LBI) . Light wear to wraps, very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-115-11) xx
1932Original pictorial wrappers, starting. 8vo. 76, 8 pages; 22 cm. In Dutch. Title translates to Jews in Crisis! Illustrated with 8-page series of photomontages. Dutch journalist and resistance fighter Adrian Aloijsius Felix (Lex) Althoff (1904-43) displays his avante garde photographic style in this publication that sought to bring attention to the poverty of the Jews of Poland. The cropped and stylized images here depict Jewish genre scenes in creative compositions. Interestingly, a photograph of the Grand Rabbi of Munkacs, Chaim Elazar Spira (the Minchas Elazar) appears on the final page. SUBJECT(S) : Polish Jews, Poverty, Photographs. OCLC lists 14 holdings worldwide. A copy sold at auction for over USD 600 (with commissions) in 2015. Old tape stains on margin of title page. Some dampstaining. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Library stamp. Very good condition. (SPEC-44-8)
19581st edition, original wrappers, 4to. In French and Yiddish. 26+22 pages. Illustrations throughout. 15th Anniversary booklet for this important French Jewish Resistance organization, the Union des juifs pour la re´sistance et l'entraide. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Societies, etc. France -- Social conditions. Societies, etc. World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements. Jewish resistance -- France. History -- 20th century. Union des juifs pour la re´sistance et l'entraide. OCLC: 914338509, OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (YIVO and National Library of Israel) . Few pen marks on cover, few chips to cover, else Very Good Condition. Rare and Important. HOLO2-141-19
194340 p. , paper; first edition, published September 1943. Paperback, 40 pages, 8vo. Published the same year as the uprising, one of the first reports published in the US. Important. What may be the first ever published map of Treblinka, as well as a map of the Warsaw Ghetto on the rear cover. "The ghosts of the heroes of the gehtto battle will forever honor the streets....But persistent reports in the press in spring and summer 1943 indicate that not only their spirit but also their successors survive and carry on the fight there. The curtain may not yet have been rung down" (conclusion). Includes fold-out map with tear at crease. Lacks rear cover, front cover trimmed, stamped, and repaired, spine rebacked, otherwise Good condition. (Holo2-14-11A)
19871st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 14 pages ; 23 cm. In English. From the 15th Annual Sol Feinstone Memorial Lecture series at West Point. This lecture given by Elie Wiesel a year after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking to the US Military Academy, Weisel says, I shall always remember the day I was liberated by the American Army: April 11, 1945 I remember a black sergeant, huge, marvelous. I saw him cry, and I heard him curse; he saw the corpses, he saw the victims, he understood what no one would ever understand, that something had happened in history that had changed history, and in his helplessness, he simply cursed, and to me his curses became pure prayers OCLC lists just 3 copies worldwide (West Point, US Army War College, Texas A&M) . Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp and Usual Markings. Very good+ Condition. Scarce and important. (HOLO2-130-55A)
19041st edition. Original green printed wrappers, 8vo, 32 pages. Early Zionist plea from the pivotal year of 1904, which saw both Herzls death as well as the first American publication of Herzls The Jewish State. Indeed, by 1904, cultural Zionism was accepted by most Zionists and a schism was beginning to develop between the Zionist movement and Orthodox Judaism. In 1904, Herzl died unexpectedly at the age of 44 and the leadership was taken over by David Wolffsohn, who led the movement until 1911. During this period, the movement was based in Berlin (Germany's Jews were the most assimilated) and made little progress, failing to win support among the Young Turks after the collapse of the Ottoman Regime .Under Herzl's leadership, Zionism relied on Orthodox Jews for religious support, with the main party being the orthodox Mizrachi. However, as the cultural and socialist Zionists increasingly broke with tradition and used language contrary to the outlook of most religious Jewish communities, many orthodox religious organizations began opposing Zionism. Their opposition was based on its secularism and on the grounds that only the Messiah could re-establish Jewish rule in Israel.Therefore, most Orthodox Jews maintained the traditional Jewish belief that while the Land of Israel was given to the ancient Israelites by God, and the right of the Jews to that land was permanent and inalienable, the Messiah must appear before the land could return to Jewish control (Wikipedia. Albert M. Friedenberg (18811942) was an American lawyer and historian. At the age of 19, he joined the American Jewish Historical Society and became one of its leading members; he was largely responsible for the issuance of 17 volumes of the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society (ajhsp, nos. 1834). Friedenberg wrote numerous papers and articles on the early history of Jews in America, immigration, historical aspects of Zionism, Jews in Masonry, and the Jewish periodical press, and also on local German Jewish history, literature, and biography. He acted as the New York correspondent of the Baltimore Jewish Comment (190210) and the Chicago Reform Advocate (190531), and as contributing editor of the New York Hebrew Standard (190723). Includes bibliographical references (Encyclopedia.com). SUBJECT(S): Zionism. Interestingly, OCLC lists not a single hard copy anywhereonly microfilm and digital access copies (for example, OCLC: 894106828). An absolutely pristine, unread copy, amazingly preserved, Very Good+ Condition. Extremely rare, important, and well-preserved (zion2-3-3)
1949Original Wraps. 8vo. 11, [1] pages. 25 cm. First edition. In French. 'Memorial Ceremony; Eternal Memory! For the Martyrs 1940-1944'. With two full page illustrations (wall memorial in Bordeaux, for those who perished 1940-1944; photograph of the minute of silence held during the memorial ceremony) ; contains an introduction, and the content of memorial speech given by Rabbi Joseph Cohen to survivors of the Bordeaux Jewish community. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - France - Bordeaux - Sermons. OCLC lists only one copy worldwide (HUC) . Light soiling to wraps, light soiling to margins, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. Rare early Bordeaux Holocaust imprint. (HOLO2-117-3)
1949Original Wraps. 8vo. 11, [1] pages. 25 cm. First edition. In French. 'Memorial Ceremony; Eternal Memory! For the Martyrs 1940-1944'. With two full page illustrations: wall memorial in Bordeaux, for those who perished 1940-1944; and photograph of the minute of silence held during the memorial ceremony. Contains an introduction, and the content of memorial speech given by Rabbi Joseph Cohen to survivors of the Bordeaux Jewish community. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - France - Bordeaux - Sermons. Slight toning. Mild edgewear. Very minimal markings. Very good + condition. Rare early Bordeaux Holocaust imprint. (HOLO2-117-3A)
1985First edition. Original blue, yellow, and grey paper wrappers. 4to. About 122 pages each; 24 cm. In Hebrew and English. Title translates to Archives of the Yishuv Rescue Board in Istanbul. Volume 5 includes Register of the Palestinian Swiss, Swedish, English, Spanish and Portugese Files. Volume 6 includes Register of the Hungarian (corrected) , Italian, Albanian, Yugoslavian, Greek, French, German, Danish, Dutch, Belgian Files. Volume 7 includes Register of the Romanian and the Bulgarian Files. The most important part of the letters contains a description of the changes taking place in the Golah, in the nature of a summary of the reports received from the lands under Nazi occupation, and from countries subject to German influence. All these reports were received either directly or via the bureau in Switzerland. The time span embraced the peak period of the mass murders in Eastern Europe, including also the desperate attempts to effect rescue, especially of the remaining Jews in Slovakia and Hungary. SUBJECT(S) : Holocaust, Records, Archives. OCLC lists only 2 holdings for one or more of these volumes (Harvard, Swiss Nat Libr) . Slight rubbing. Very minimal markings and stains. Very minimal edgewear. Very good + condition. Scarce and important (HOLO2-134-54)
No Date, proabably 1944 based on dates in image on front cover. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to, [4] pages. Single-fold oversize pamphlet. Big illustration on front of newspapers with headlines such as The Jew Refugee Invasion of America Through Immigration and What To Do About It and Gentile News. THESE ARE DANGEROUS WORDS! is written across in red. On the back is the title Truth is a Weapon! and text calling for the support and expansion of The Joint Defense Appeal. Inside is more headlines and newspapers under the title of Missiles of Hate. One such is a poster campaigning for Loyd Smith for congress. It says, Loyd Smith will oppose having this nation, the United States of America, controlled by, or by the influence, of either, international Nazi, international Communist, Japanese imperialism, British imperialism or the international Jews. I solicit only the support of true Americans. Acorss the 2 inside pages, Circulated by thr hundreds and thousands, these are the words of the demagogue, who exploits Anti-Semitism to destroy the American way of Life Their Repercussions Appear in the Daily Press with Increasing Frequency. Not listed on OCLC or for sale anywhere else. Few horizontal creases, else Very Good Condition. Very displayable and exceedinly rare (HOLO2-144-27)
1933First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with black-and-white photographs. About 12 pages; 28 cm. Good Nazi-era run of this sometimes monthly, sometimes bimonthly periodical published by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America covering news related to Orthodox Jews. Issues filled articles, advertisements for Kosher products, a list of Kosher food options, and photographs. The question is insistent and cannot be evaded: As what kind of Jews shall we survive? SUBJECT (S) : Orthodox Judaism, Periodicals. OCLC and WorldCat list 6 holdings worldwide. Overall, very good condition. Postage and mailing address. Slight toning. Minimal edgewear. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very minimal staining. (SPEC-44-4)
19391st edition. Original wrappers. 4to, 29 cm. each issue approx. 16 pages each issue. Each volume includes 12 monthly issues. Illustrations throughout. In Czech with some English. This run includes vol. I, (1-12, beginning in October 1, 1939), vol. II (1-12), vol. III (1-12, beginning in 1941), vol IV (1-12, beginning in October 1942), vol. V (1-12), vol. VI (1-12), vol VII (1-12), vol. VIII (1-12, beginning October 1946), vol. IX (1-11, beginning in October 1947), vol X (1-12, beginning in October 1948), vol. XI (1-12, beginning in October, 1949), vol. XII (1-12, beginning in October 1950), vol. XIII( 1-12, beginning in October 1951), vol. XIV(1-12, beginning in October 1952), vol XV (1-5, 7-12, beginning in October 1953), vol. XVI (1-12, beginning in October 1954), vol. XVII (1-12, beginning in October 1955), vol. XVIII (1-12, beginning in October 1956) ,vol. XIX (1, 3-12, beginning in October, 1957), vol. XX (1-12, beginning in October 1958), vol. XXI (1-12, beginning in October 1959), vol. XXII (1-12, beginning in October 1960), vol. XXIII (1-12, beginning in October 1961), vol. XXIV (1-12, beginning in October 1962), vol. XXV (1-12, beginning in October 1963), vol. XXVI (1-12, beginning in October 1964), vol. XXVII (1-12, beginning in October 1965), vol. XXVIII (1-12, beginning in October 1966), vol. XXIX (1-12, beginning in October 1967), vol. XXXIV (7-11, beginning in May 1973), vol. XXXV (1-12, beginning in November 1973), vol. XXXVI (1-12, beginning in November 1974), vol. XXXVII (1-8, 10-12, beginning in November 1975), and vol. XXXVIII (4-8, beginning in February 1977). Total of 390 issues Publication began October 1, 1939. The Czech-American National Alliance began as the Bohemian (later Czech) National Alliance in America (Ceske narodni sdruzeni) which led a victorious fight against Austro-Hungary in the US. Czech Chicago was in the center of this liberation movement, together with the help of various Alliances branches, e.g., New York, Detroit and Omaha. Under the leadership of Dr. Fisher, who became the chairman, and Josef Tvrzicky, the executive secretary, the number of these branches throughout the US eventually grew to 350. SUBJECT(S): History. Periodicals. Czechoslovakia. OCLC: 5048975, OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Most have previous owners name and address on front, few have notes on cover and pages, few have some tearing and chipping, some wear and sunning on most, Good Condition Overall. (HOLO2-159-12-LGG-f)
19441st edition. Original stiff paper wrappers. 12mo. 63 pages, 18 cm. Published as the Allies were closing in on Nazi Germany as part of imagining what kind of compensation and restitution should be extracted from Germany for the Jews. SUBJECTS: Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) -- Germany. Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide (USHMM, UMi, Senckenberg, Hebrew U. , Columbia) , only 3 in the US. Wrappers are mildly edgeworn. Pages browning. Very good. (HOLO2-142-39)
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1945Original paper wrappers with colorful illustrated dust jacket, 8vo, 83 pages, plus 12 plates of facsimiles and photos of survivors taken by Burger just after liberation, (including one photo of former Sonderkommandos) . Original 1945 edition Adolf Burgers memoirs about his journeys through the Nazi concentration camps and his work in the counterfeiting workshop in Oranienburg, narrated by Sylva and Oskar Krejci. His memoirs are the basis for the film, The Counterfieters, which won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Adolf Burger took up a job in a printing house in Bratislava in 1938 he became one of those who received government-sponsored waivers from deportations as someone with skills indispensable for the country's economy. At the request of resistance members, Burger began to print false baptismal certificates for Jews scheduled for deportation, which stated that they had been Roman Catholic from birth, or baptized so before World War II. Slovaks with such documents were not deported. Burger's activity was discovered. He was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp After eighteen months at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Burger's training came through for him once more. He was selected for Operation Bernhard, transferred to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in April 1944, and eventually to the Ebensee site of the Mauthausen camp network where he was liberated by the US Army on 6 May 1945 (Wikipedia, 2016) . The covers use a montage design of US currency, British documents, and Burgers concentration camp insignia. SUBJECT(S) : WWII, Resistance, Concentration Camps. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Some tears to jacket at folds, Minimal stains and slight toning. Very good condition. Dramatic and attractive. (HOLO2-134-63A)
1947Original blue gilt-tooled calf leather. 12mo. 120, 194, 194 pages. 18 cm. Survivors Bible, printed by Vaad Hatzala. Pentateuch, Haftarot and Megilot with commentary of Rashi and Targum. 'Matanah me-et Va'ad ha-hatsalah le-she'erit ha-peletah. ' Title page has coloured illustration. With dedication page to President Harry Truman with superimposed American Flag. "The remnants of Israel that survived the great destruction wrought upon our people by Hitler's hoards, these shattered remenats the 'Sherith Hepleita' were weakened physically and spiritually...we wish to dedicate this Holy Bible, the very ancient well of civilization, to his Honor, the President of the United States of America, Harry S. Truman. His courageous and kind words, his noble acts and deeds in behalf of our people have served as a ray of hote in these trying, troubleed and most cdritical period of our people..." With "Mr. M. Shipper inscribed in gilt on upper cover.Issued by the Vaad Hatzala Rescue Committee for the benefit of the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust (Sheerit Hapleita). This custom-bound copy likely prepared for an American donor.See A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) p. 34 (illustrated). Subjects: Haftarot - Commentaries. Bible. Pentateuch - Commentaries. Bible. Five Scrolls - Commentaries. Pentateuch. Hebrew. 1947.; Holy Bible: Vaad Hatzala, Germany. OCLC lists 15 copies. A copy sold at auction in 2021 for over $1200. Outstanding copy in original deluxe blue leather binding, Very Good condition. (HOLO2-117-58B)
1944Original wraps. 8vo. 246, [2] pages. 23 cm. Serial publication. In Hungarian, with Yiddish. OMZSA Yearbook. The Országos Magyar Zsidó Segíto Akció (National Hungarian Jewish Aid Association; OMZSA) was a general assistance organization for the large Budapest community. The OMZSA was involved with cultural, legal, and economic battles on behalf of the (religious) Jewish Budapest community. For example, a series of drawings by the artist Imre Amos (1907-1945) entitled Zsidó ünnepek (Jewish Holidays) , representing the Jewish holidays in the shadow of annihilation, became emblematic for Hungarian Jewry. (The series appeared in 150 copies published in 1940 by the Országos Magyar Zsidó Segito Akció [National Hungarian Jewish Aid Action]. ) (YIVO encyclopedia) . According to OCLC, four issues of the yearbook are known to exist (the earliest issue is titled OMZSA Naptár OMZSA Calendar) . This issue contains a calendar of the days and holidays for the year (In Hungarian and Yiddish) , and extensive literary (poems, letters, short stories) and journalistic pieces by dozens of writers and editors from the Budapest community. For many of these authors, this would be their last published work. [T]he Germans occupied the country on 19 March 1944, Gestapo chief Adolf Eichmann set up his SS command in Budapest, and the Budapest Jewish Council was established. What had been an extended process of stigmatization, ghettoization, deportation, and murder elsewhere was greatly concentrated and executed with great efficiency and speed in Hungary. The deportation and gassing of almost 440, 000 provincial Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau began in mid-May and was swiftly accomplished by July as a result of full cooperation of the Hungarian authorities. Only intense diplomatic pressure threatening harsh postwar retribution caused Regent Horthy to call a halt to the deportations on 6 July, giving Budapest Jewry a temporary reprieve. In Budapest, a series of measures increasingly placed limitations on Jews who remained in the capital. Restrictions were placed on using the public transport; later telephones, bicycles, and cars were confiscated, and an evening curfew was imposed. From 3 April, all persons defined as Jews were obligated to wear a yellow star on their outer clothing The reverses suffered by the Germans emboldened Horthy to announce in mid-October his intention to withdraw Hungary from the war. With German backing, Ferenc Szálasi and his Arrow Cross Party seized power on 15 October. Budapests Jews were now threatened by a far more vicious regime whose radical antisemitic ideology was wholly in tune with Hitlers apocalyptic vision. Forced death marches began on 20 October and along with German deportations, affected some 75, 000 Budapest Jews. The city rapidly descended into chaos as roving Arrow Cross bands combed the streets rounding up Jews. The first murders in the streets began on 12 November; the first executions took place by the riverbank on 23 November. (YIVO Encyclopedia) Subjects: Jews - Hungary - Periodicals. Jewish almanacs. OCLC lists 7 copies. Wraps lightly worn, with light pencil marks on front cover and first endpage. Pages lightly aged, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-103-36)
