Auction 2 Banknotes, Books, Holocaust, Autographs, Philolithy, Art, Judaica
Apr 12, 2015 (Your local time)
Israel
 Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem
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LOT 43:

Three Holocaust books

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1. There are No Butterflies Here – a book of drawings and poems of the children of Theresienstadt Ghetto, edited by Hanna Volkov and Abba Kovner, with translation of the poems by Leah Goldberg, 1963.
A collection of drawings and poems, found in Theresienstadt Ghetto after its liberation in 1945. The drawings, copied in color, describe the life in the ghetto as reflected in its children's eyes, most of whom died in the Holocaust.
The drawings were presented in exhibitions in the Czech Republic and Israel and were then published in the Czech Republic by Hanna Volkov. The book before us is the handiwork of Abba Kovner, who worked on a Hebrew version of the book that includes a translation of the poems by Leah Goldberg. On the paper cover there is the caption "There are No Butterflies Here", which is taken from one of the poems in the book.
80 pp. with colored illustrations.
Condition: Very good. The cover is missing.
2. Shaten fon Hankreitz (In the Shadow of the Swastika) – a Holocaust Diary in Yiddish by Gedalya Tschernzen-Shaiak. Tel Aviv 1944.
A Holocaust Diary published during the War in Tel Aviv by Gedalya Shaiak, a Yiddish journalism editor, born in Levitz, Poland. He moved to England and returned to Poland in 1932. Before the War, Shaiak published articles in Yiddish and was the chief editor of a Yiddish newspaper in London. In addition to this book, he later edited a memorial book for his home town and the book 'Force and Defiance' which was published in 1982.
136 pp.
Condition: Good. The cover is falling apart.
3. Der Opfshtand fon Warsaw Ghetto (the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising), Yiddish, by Berl Mark, Moscow 1947.
Berl Mark (1908-1966) a researcher and historian. After studying law in Warsaw, he published articles about the history of literature in Yiddish and Polish and edited Yiddish writings. During the war, he was active in an anti-Fascistic movement in Russia and at the end of the war returned to Poland and started publishing articles and books about the Holocaust. He worked as the director of the Institute for Jewish History in Warsaw and through it strengthened the ties between the institute and various institutions in Israel such as Yad Va'Shem.
108 pp.
Condition: Very good.

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