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Moskve [Moscow]: Melukhe-farlag der Emes, 1947. Item #42050
1st postwar Yiddish edition (issued the same year in Lodz) of Ber Mark's centrally important work on the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943, published originally in Russian in 1944. Original multicolor illustrated boards, 12mo, [207] pages. Title translates into English as, “The Uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto.” Issued under Soviet auspices, it was written by a participant, the Polish historian, journalist and anti-Fascist activist, Bernard Mark (1908-1966) . “Mark narrates the events immediately preceding and during the 1943 armed uprising of Warsaw's Jews, and presents Jewish, Polish, and German documents pertaining to the Warsaw and other ghetto and camp rebellions. ” (Google Books, 2017) SUBJECT(S) : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw. Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. OCLC: 174887984. OCLC lists only 5 copies of this rare edition anywhere (NLI, Ben Gurion, Miami-Ohio, NYBC, Senckenberg & ULeeds). A similar number are listed for the 1945 Paris edition (the 1947 Lodz edition is far more common). Stain to rear board, light wear to front, paper and binding remain bright white and gorgeous, about Very good condition overall, a very nice copy. (Holo2-148-4-E-'lx+).
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