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The Tragedy of the Slovak Jewry: Photographs and Documents/ Shoʼat Yehude Slovakyah: Temunot u-mismakhim ENGLISH/ HEBREW VARIANT

1949 · 53574 — Bratislava: CUJCR Documentation Centre of the Central Union of Jewish Religious Communities 1949. First edition. Softcover. vg- to vg. Quarto. 142 4pp. Tan paper wrappers. Pages uncut. <br /> <br /> Powerful memorial publication containing photographic and historical material documentation of the horrors perpetrated upon the Jewish community of Slovakia by the Nazis during the Holocaust 1939-1945. Although there is some initial text most of the history is conveyed visually with the book being profusely illustrated throughout with finely produced b/w photogravure images after harrowing original photographs and facsimile images of relevant original documents of all kinds. The design visual layout including some photo-collage and occasional illustrated images including the frontispiece are by Czech-Jewish artist and designer Lev Leo Haas 1901-1983. The work was published by the Central Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Slovakia.<br /> <br /> This variant contains initial text and captions throughout in both English and Hebrew. The final three pages contain a section of notes on the documents which is entirely in English.<br /> <br /> Wrappers with some small tears along the spine and chipping at the tail of the spine. A few pages throughout with some small closed tears to the margins of the pages. All pages clean with vibrant images throughout. Wrappers in very good- interior in very good condition overall. Hebrew title: שו×ת יהודי סלובקיה:†â€×ª×ž×•× ות ומסמכי×<br /> <br /> This English/Hebrew variant is more scarce than the Slovak-language version issued under the title "Tragédia Slovenských Zidov: Fotografie a Dokumenty CUJCR (Documentation Centre of the Central Union of Jewish Religious Communities) unknown