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The testimony of a woman inmate of the Austrian concentration camp - Mauthausen. Paris, 1945. First edition.
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The testimony of a woman inmate of the Austrian concentration camp - Mauthausen. Paris, 1945. First edition.
DE RAVENSBRUCK A MAUTHAUSEN by RENEE MIRANDE THOMAS. Paris, 1945. First edition.
Renee Miranda Thomas, a Parisian lawyer who joined the French underground during the Second World War, was caught by the Germans and interned in the Mauthausen camp for two years, 1943-1945, describing the difficult period in the camp. A first-hand testimony of the publication immediately after its liberation.
The cover design in which an SS policeman is seen against the background of the author's hand bound and barbed wire , by José Cabrero Arnal [1909-1982], a Spanish cartoonist, member of the Republican militia who became a French citizen in 1939, was captured by the Germans and deported to the Mauthausen camp, like many Republicans and the fate of the author of the book.
16 pages. 21 cm. Small stains, good condition.
