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Wloclawek and Vicinity - Memorial Book [RARE!]

1967 — IN YIDDISH AND HEBREW. RARE memorial book of the Jewish community of Wloclawek, a town in central Poland, where during the interbellum period the town had several Jewish schools (primary and high schools), two yeshivas, and three Jewish sports clubs. With the beginning of the German occupation of Poland, Wloclawek became the first town in Europe in which Jews were required to wear the yellow Star of David badges, and a ghetto was created in November 1940 and burnt in late April 1942. Contains numerous b&w plates/photographs and a plan of Wloclawek. 310x250mm. XVI+516 pages (paginated as 1032 columns, two on each page). Grey cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket wrinkled, tattered, stained and partly torn. Cover age-stained and curved. Rear cover slightly stained. Cover edges slightly bumped. Cover upper corners lumpy. Cover corner and spine edges bumped. Text block edges and spine age-stained. Few last page edges water-stained - NO damage to text or plates. Page 33/34 upper edge slightly stained- NO damage to text/plate. Few pages slightly wavy/slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare monograph on an extinct Jewish community is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.