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A WORKER’S DAY UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION

1942 · 43302 — London: Liberty Publications 1942. Original Illustrated black-and-white wrappers 8o 15 1 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos.<br> Holocaust-era anti-Nazi pamphlet aimed at British trade unionists and sympathizers on the brutal realities of life for Polish laborers under German occupation. Framed as the story of “Jan Kowalski†the Polish equivalent of “John Smith†it traces—hour by hour—a worker’s day under occupation drawn from firsthand reports documents and underground newspapers.The author’s describe the fear forced labor food shortages child abuse suppression of education and collapse of community life under Nazi rule while also noting the resilience of the Polish underground and moments of solidarity between Polish and Jewish workers. James Jeremiah Griffiths 1890–1975 was a Welsh Labour politician trade union leader and the first Secretary of State for Wales.“Liberty Publications established by the Polish Socialist Party PPS specialised in socio-political publications that were aimed at the British left. The board of directors included two British members Jimmy Middleton and Rennie Smith who were appointed ‘to avoid complications with the Home Office’.31 The firm was sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Information through the Polish Social Information Bureau Polska Informacja Spoleczna whose aim was ‘to inform the British people on all questions concerning life in Poland the Polish war effort etc.’†Rzepa “Publishing ‘paper bullets’: Politics propaganda and Polish English translation in wartime Londonâ€; https://repository.essex.ac.uk/23813/3/Rzepa%20-%20revised.pdf.<br> OCLC: 3894561. The US Holocaust Museum keeps their copy in their Rare Book Collection. <br> Covers lightly rubbed interior clean and bright. Very Good Condition. Holo2-163-15-LAGGMMMVXECC. London: Liberty Publications unknown