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DISPONIBILITÀ GARANTITA AL 99%; SPEDIZIONE ENTRO 12 ORE DALL'ORDINE. LIEVI ESCORIAZIONI ALLA COPERTINA, LIEVI SEGNI DEL TEMPO; PER IL RESTO OTTIMO, MAI SFOGLIATO. La memoria drammatica della storia, i grandi traumi della Germania hitleriana, la rabbia e l'amarezza della denuncia civile, la speranza nell'amore per l'uomo: uno scrittore che più di molti altri è stato simbolo di un Occidente critico e non rassegnato si racconta in presa diretta. Una grandiosa e sconcertante foto di gruppo degli uomini e del loro rapporto con il potere. René Wintzen intervista Heinrich Böll (1917-1985), premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1972 con il romanzo "Ritratto di gruppo con signora". Informazioni bibliografiche Titolo: Intervista sulla memoria, la rabbia, la speranza Titolo originale: Une memoire allemande Collana: Volume 66 di Saggi tascabili Laterza Autore: Heinrich Böll Curatore: René Wintzen Traduzione dal tedesco di: Maria Teresa Mandalari Editore: Roma; Bari: Laterza, 1979 Edizione: 2 Lunghezza: 214 pagine; 18 cm Soggetti: Storia d'Europa, Biografie, autobiografie, moralità del linguaggio, Germania, Potere, Politica, Società, Nazismo, Shoah, Scrittura, Letteratura tedesca, Cultura, Novecento, Premio Nobel, Cattolicesimo, Potere, Intellettuali, Ebrei, Interviste, Terzo Reich, Nazismo, Caporale, Opere, Personaggi, Ebraismo
Hardcover, xiii, 168 pages, 8vo, 23 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Authority. Despotism. Government, Resistance to. Wear to cover binding. Otherwise, good condition. (Holo2-16-10)
Original Wrappers. 8vo. 12 pages. 25 cm. Offprint. Reprinted from The Ukrainian Quarterly Vol. XVII, No. 2, Summer 1961. Opinion piece by an Israeli correspondent for the London Daily Mail. Describing examples of Soviet antisemitism, the conditions of Ukrainian Jews in the Soviet Union, and the relationship of Ukrainian Jews to The State of Israel. Subjects: Jews -- Ukraine. Antisemitism -- Ukraine. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. (Harvard, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Univ. Of Wisconson, Univ. Of Canberra, Univ. Of Toronto, Univ. Of Regina) Light edge wear and age toning. Some staining to front wrapper. Good + condition. (UKR-1-36)
Paper Wrap. 8vo. 40 pages. In German. Red Revue: Socialist Monthy CONTENTS: Zum drittenmal: Notstand und Notrecht von Dr. F. Studer; Wirtschaftspolitische Vorbereitung der Nachkriegszeit von E. J. Walter; Um die Sozialpolitik in den Gemeinden von Jakob Grau; Uber das zukunftige Verhaltnis ser Sowjetunion zu den demokratischen Machten von Dr. K. S. ; Der Vatikan in Frieden und Krieg von Edith Moore; Das erste Auftreten von Kommunisten in Zurich von Dr. F. Schwartz. Corp Author (s) : Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland) . Preceding Title: 1915-1917; Neues Leben, Succeeding Title: 1967-1980; Profil. OCLC lists 5 holdings worldwide (ZBW Duetsche Zentralibibliothek, Danidh Union Cat & Danish National Bibl, Nanterre-BDIC, Hoover Inst. On War, Revolution & Peace at Stanford, National LIbrary of Israel) , some of which may be incomplete. Cover lightly worn with minor scratches. Stamp from University of Geneva professor on back cover. Internal binding and pages in very good condition with only slight discoloration on edges. (HOLO2-31-10)
Paper Wrap. 8vo. 40 pages. In German. Red Revue: Socialist Monthy CONTENTS: Vorarbeit fur die Neue Schweiz von L. Frank; Zur kunftigen Gestaltung des schweizerischen Arbeitsrechts von Dr. Fritz Studer; Zur Geschichte der Volkerbundsidee von Dr. H. M. Sutermeister; Die Industrialisierund der Welt von Otto Wild. Corp Author (s) : Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland) . Preceding Title: 1915-1917; Neues Leben, Succeeding Title: 1967-1980; Profil. OCLC lists 5 holdings worldwide (ZBW Duetsche Zentralibibliothek, Danidh Union Cat & Danish National Bibl, Nanterre-BDIC, Hoover Inst. On War, Revolution & Peace at Stanford, National LIbrary of Israel) , some of which may be incomplete. Stamp from University of Geneva professor on back cover. Internal binding and pages in very good condition with only slight discoloration on edges. (HOLO2-31-11)
Paper Wrap. 8vo. 40 pages. In German. Red Revue: Socialist Monthy CONTENTS: Fragen der Arbeitsbeschaffung von Ernst Reinhard; Vollbeschaftigung, Vollernahrung usw von Jean Mussard; Das grosse Nachkriegsproblem; Der Geburtstag der Ersten Internationale von Albert Utzinger; Zur Psychologie und Soziologie der Massen (I) von Julian Foster. Corp Author(s) : Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland) . Preceding Title: 1915-1917; Neues Leben, Succeeding Title: 1967-1980; Profil. OCLC lists 5 holdings worldwide (ZBW Duetsche Zentralibibliothek, Danidh Union Cat & Danish National Bibl, Nanterre-BDIC, Hoover Inst. On War, Revolution & Peace at Stanford, National LIbrary of Israel) , some of which may be incomplete. Lightly worn copy with small bending at corner. Internal binding and pages in very good condition with only slight discoloration on edges. (HOLO2-31-12)
Paper Wrap. 8vo. 40 pages. In German. Red Revue: Socialist Monthy CONTENTS: Pilet-Golaz Fall und die politischen Konsequenzen von Dr . Hans Oprecht; Dokumente der Zeitgeschichte; Umbruch auf dem Balkan von Bulginski; Zur Psychologie und Soziologie der Massen (II) von Julian Foster. Corp Author(s) : Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland) . Preceding Title: 1915-1917; Neues Leben, Succeeding Title: 1967-1980; Profil. OCLC lists 5 holdings worldwide (ZBW Duetsche Zentralibibliothek, Danidh Union Cat & Danish National Bibl, Nanterre-BDIC, Hoover Inst. On War, Revolution & Peace at Stanford, National LIbrary of Israel) , some of which may be incomplete. Lightly worn copy with small bending on back cover corner. Internal binding and pages in very good condition with only slight discoloration on edges. (HOLO2-31-13)
Paper Wrap. 8vo. 48 pages. In German. Red Revue: Socialist Monthy CONTENTS: Generalstreik 1918 von Hans Vogel; Ein Beitrag zur Losung des Eisenbahnproblems von Hans Rudolf Siegrist; Das Versagen der deutschen Resistance von Karl Brandes. Corp Author (s) : Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland) . Preceding Title: 1915-1917; Neues Leben, Succeeding Title: 1967-1980; Profil. OCLC lists 5 holdings worldwide (ZBW Duetsche Zentralibibliothek, Danidh Union Cat & Danish National Bibl, Nanterre-BDIC, Hoover Inst. On War, Revolution & Peace at Stanford, National LIbrary of Israel) , some of which may be incomplete. Stamp from University of Geneva professor on back cover, with light creases and wear. Pages slightly discolored at edges but clean, binding tight, very god condition. (HOLO2-31-15)
Original Wraps. 8vo. 36 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Monthly Periodical. Hebrew Union College Monthly, Volume IX, Number 7, June 1923. Contains 'Kaufmann Kohler' by Henry Englander (an address delivered at Hebrew Union College in celebration of Dr. Kohler's eightieth birthday, May 12, 1923) , 'An Eightieth Birthday' by Annette Kohn (poem dedicated to Dr. Kohler on his birthday) , 'The Vanguard' by Dr. Kaufmann Kohler, 'Resolutions in honor of Dr. Kaufmann Kohler' by Julian Morgenstern and Henry Englander, amongst other articles and sermons. Contains a photograph of Dr. And Mrs. Kohler on pg 34. Subjects: Judaism - Periodicals. Judaism. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion - Periodicals. OCLC lists 19 copies. Wraps lightly bumped at edges, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (AMR-46-2)
No date (1940) . First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with large black-and-white photo of young girl. 8vo. 6 pages; 21cm. In English with Hebrew blurb on back cover. Holocaust-era pamphlet written for American Jewish children, urging them to collect coins and donate them to the Histadrut to help our Palestine pioneers develop aviation and marine work and erect school buildings for your little friends, the pioneers of tomorrow. Details the Histadruts housing, agricational, and defense building efforts in Palestine as well as school building projects. Hebrew is naturally the spoken tongue of the Halutzim. The newspapers, books, and theatre performances, too, are in that language. (To you it may sound awful hard-to live in a Hebrew-speaking world-but it really isnt, as any Palestinian boy or girl will tell you. ) Includes illustrations, photographs, and collages on every page. The Histadrut was established in 1920 as a trade union to represent Jewish workers and became one of the most powerful institutions in the state of Israel (Wikipedia, 2016) . SUBJECT(S) : Jewish immigration, Histadrut, Children. OCLC lists no holdings. Very minimal toning. Very good + condition. (zion-11-19)
Cloth, 8vo. , xii, 328 pages. Includes material on Nazi Antisemitism. SUBJECT (S) : World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes. World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. Buitenlandse betrekkingen. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Causes. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Histoire diplomatique. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- États-Unis. Geographic: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945. United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany. Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States. États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- 1933-1945. États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- Allemagne. Allemagne -- Relations extérieures -- États-Unis. Includes index. And Bibliography: p. 303-306. Very good in Very good jacket. (HOLO2-27-23)
Paper Wrappers with later boards. 12mo. XVI, 278, [3] pages. 1st edition. In German. Title translates to English as, Micha: Newly Translated and Explained. Accompanied with 5 Digressions. Hartmann (1774-1838) was a German author focusing primarily on the Old Testament and of Oriental languages. (EJ) OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Rebound in later, stiff boards. Brief notes from previous owner on inside of covers. Internal pages are lightly soiled with some foxing but all text is clear. Good+ condition. (HOLO2-60-5)
Softbound. 8vo. 146 pages. 23 cm. First edition. This work augments the documentary film of the same title, winner of the 1997 Academy Award for Documentary. This work traces intimate stories of courage in the harrowing years between the end of World War II and the formation of the state of Israel, through the use of photographs and personal testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust. Especially of note are the testimonies of survivors who were children when they left the camps. Subjects: Holocaust survivors - Interviews. Jewish refugees. Jews - History 1945. Light shelf wear to covers. Near fine condition. (HOLO2-92-4)
Publishers Cloth. 4to. 765 pages. 29 cm. Illustrated. First edition. Contains extensive photographs and maps in both color and black and white. The Holocaust Chronicle, written and fact-checked by top scholars, recounts the long, complex, anguishing story of the most terrible crime of the 20th century. A massive, oversized hardcover of more than 750 pages, The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures is an excitingly unique, not for-profit endeavor that is a personal project of the publisher, Louis Weber, C. E. O. Of Chicago-based Publications International, Ltd. As a book publisher, I am in a unique position to create this ambitious project, Weber says. The son of Polish Jews who settled in America in the 1920s, Weber conceived The Holocaust Chronicle in order to give something back to the Jewish community, and to bring the truth of the Holocaust to as many people as possible. The mission of The Holocaust Chronicle is to report the facts, clearly and free of bias or agenda. Featured are more than 2000 photographs selected after intensive research in the collections of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D. C. And Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, as well as other archives and private collections located around the world. Many of these images are in full color and most are published in book form for the first time. The photographs chronicle the Holocaust in starkly visual terms, capturing victims and perpetrators alike, as well as Allied leaders and the multitude of peripheral figures. Caption-text is detailed, and rich with facts and human interest. The books 3000-item timeline of Holocaust-related events is unprecedented in its scope and ambition. Spanning the years 1000 B. C. To 1999 A. D. , the timeline pinpoints deportations, atrocities, and important developments in the Nazis Final Solution, as well as individual acts of cruelty, compassion, and heroic Jewish resistance. Illustrated chapter-opener essays place the most important years of the Holocaust and its immediate aftermath, 1933-1946, into sharp perspective. Nearly 300 sidebars detail significant people, places, issues, and events. More than 30 full-color, specially commissioned maps show the reader where events took place. The sentiments and hatreds that gave rise to the Holocaust were not confined to the 12 years of Adolf Hitlers Thousand-Year Reich. The books illustrated prologue surveys the antisemitism that was expressed over many centuries in Europe as bloody pogroms, exclusionary laws, and other persecution. The illustrated epilogue documents the long, painful healing process that has lasted for generations and may never be completed. (Publishers description) Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Chronology. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Pictorial works. World War, 1939-1945 -- Chronology. World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works. Holocaust. Previous owners label on front endpage. Light shelf wear to dust jacket, very good + condition. (HOLO2-107-18)
1st edition, original paper wrappers, 8vo, 243 pages. In Swedish, Translated from the never previously published German manuscript by Nils Holmberg. Title translates to Beyond All Mankind. A description of the Jews treatment at the German concentration camps by Betty Happ who survived by being legally rescued via the famous Swedish Red Cross caravan for travel to Sweden. This work is cited by Zergailis in his well known, The Holocaust in Latvia 1941-1944. SUBJECT (S) : Koncentrationsläger -- Tyskland -- Andra världskriget. OCLC: 186555327, OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Previous owners name on front end page. Light wear on spine, wrappers held on with tape inside cover, covers are laminated. Otherwise Very Good Condition. Rare and important. (HOLO2-139-6)
1st edition, original cloth, 8vo. 518 + 96 pages. In Hebrew and Yiddish with an English section. Eight years have gone by since we first began preparations for this book on the Jewish community of Rozhan, until at long last it can be published now. It was a great effort made by a number of people devoted to the weighty and difficult task to erect a fitting memorial to our community. It is what other communities of Israel have done and no doubt it is the right thing to do for the people of the book. Rozhan was no different from other Jewish townships in Poland that are no more, but to us, who were born and grew up there, she has something unique. It is not only the landscape, the topographic situation on the high bank of the River Narew. It was also the Jews, who had been living at the place for generations, rebuilding it stubbornly and assiduously many times. In fact after each of the many wars that swept over the region, that lies on the road from Russia to Warsaw. Those were homely Jews of all social strata, orthodox and freethinkers, Zionists and anti-Zionists. Above all we have at heart the Jewish youth of Rozhan that took upon itself the task to redeem the world and the nation - and only few of them have reached the final haven of rest here in Israel, while others, of the few who did survive, have found shelter in the West and built their homes there. It is the intention of this book to keep our past alive and to preserve the shining memory of those who lived and were active there, to show that they were not anonymous and to describe their striving and struggling to maintain a definitely Jewish, religious, social and political existence. This book wants to tell future generations how the Jews of Rozhan created Jewish life in the midst of a hostile environment, how they built for themselves the framework of a society and filled it with deep-rooted national values, how they created their own institutions, that were able impose their authority - after democratically arrived at decisions with no governmental powers behind them. The book also wants to keep alive the old Jewish spirit maintained by our people everywhere, the rule Jews stand by each other that found its expression in individual help as well as in organized assistance such as various mutual funds. The book is also meant as a memorial to the tragedy of our people. Jews of Rozhan had to run for their lives during the very first days of the war, and one after the other they fell as victims on the bloodstained roads of Poland. Some survived after having passed through the hell of exile in the vastness of Russia and Siberia and back; only a few were lucky enough to reach Israel and to build new homes here. The book contains about 600 pages and it reflects a collective effort. It was not easy to obtain the material, as there are next to no writers among our people. So we had to apply to as many of our townsfolk as possible in order to make them talk or write - those who did write were a minority and most contributions were given orally and had to be taken down. We endeavoured to get in touch with as many as possible and to give a rounded out picture of the town, its history, people and folklore, but we feel that in spite of all our efforts we could not note everything worth remembering. All we can say is that we have done our best to present a many-sided picture of everything that was human and Jewish and good. (from English preface) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Ro´z? An -- History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) . Ethnic relations.
(FT) Softcover, 8vo, 184 pages, 21 cm. In Judeo-German. DP imprint for survivors living in Germany. SUBJECT(S) : Descriptor: Jewish law. Judaism -- Customs and practices. Vocalized text. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide. Original cover page torn. Yellowing of pages. Rebound in later wrappers.. (Heb-31-16)
1st edition. Original photographic Yellow paper wrappers, 12mo, 47 pages. Includes illustrations (portrait, facsimiles) . 21 cm. In the original Flemish. Ehri (2014) writes that This is an eyewitness account by a Jewish survivor who escaped from a deportation train after departure from this transit camp.....The Belgian army barracks named Dossin de Saint-Georges, built in the town of Malines in 1756, were transformed into a Sammellager (Assembly Camp) on July 25, 1942. The first Jews who had received call-up orders arrived two days later, and the first train to Auschwitz left on August 4. This building was chosen for two reasons. It was right next to a railroad and Malines is located between Brussels and Antwerp, where 90% of the Jews in Belgium lived. After the roundups started, the Jews were taken by trucks to the inner square inside the barracks where armed SS were awaiting them. After being registered and stripped of their identity papers and last personal possessions, the prisoners had to wear a card around their neck with their number for the next deportation train. There were various categories of prisoners, the biggest of which were those marked for direct deportation. The barracks could house 1, 000 persons, but at times more than 1, 700 were crammed into them, with about 100 people on bunk beds in dormitories only about 21 to 7 meters wide. Later, they had to sleep on straw bags on the floor. The guard duty on the perimeter was done by Flemish SS members, supervised by German Security Police. SUBJECT(S) : World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium. Personal narratives, Belgian. Tweede Wereldoorlog. Verzet. OCLC lists 5 copies. Scarce and Important. Very Good+ Condition. A Beautiful copy. (Holo2-126-1) xx
1st Edition. Original photographic Yellow paper wrappers, 12mo, 47 pages. Includes illustrations (portrait, facsimiles) . 21 cm. In the original Flemish. Inscribed by Hakker in 1945 on the first page. Ehri (2014) writes that This is an eyewitness account by a Jewish survivor who escaped from a deportation train after departure from this transit camp.....The Belgian army barracks named Dossin de Saint-Georges, built in the town of Malines in 1756, were transformed into a Sammellager (Assembly Camp) on July 25, 1942. The first Jews who had received call-up orders arrived two days later, and the first train to Auschwitz left on August 4. This building was chosen for two reasons. It was right next to a railroad and Malines is located between Brussels and Antwerp, where 90% of the Jews in Belgium lived. After the roundups started, the Jews were taken by trucks to the inner square inside the barracks where armed SS were awaiting them. After being registered and stripped of their identity papers and last personal possessions, the prisoners had to wear a card around their neck with their number for the next deportation train. There were various categories of prisoners, the biggest of which were those marked for direct deportation. The barracks could house 1, 000 persons, but at times more than 1, 700 were crammed into them, with about 100 people on bunk beds in dormitories only about 21 to 7 meters wide. Later, they had to sleep on straw bags on the floor. The guard duty on the perimeter was done by Flemish SS members, supervised by German Security Police. SUBJECT(S) : World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium. Personal narratives, Belgian. Tweede Wereldoorlog. Verzet. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide. Scarce and Important. Small smudge on page 15 with 1 word effected. Overall Very Good Condition. (Holo2-126-1a)
1st Edition. Original photographic Yellow paper wrappers, 12mo, 47 pages. Includes illustrations (portrait, facsimiles) . 21 cm. In the original Flemish. Inscribed by Hakker in 1945 on the first page. Also issued in French translation as La lutte heroique du maquis; leur vie, leurs souffrances, leur travail; and in English as "The mysterious Dossin Barracks in Mechlin: the deportation camp pf the Jews. " Ehri (2014) writes that This is an eyewitness account by a Jewish survivor who escaped from a deportation train after departure from this transit camp.....The Belgian army barracks named Dossin de Saint-Georges, built in the town of Malines in 1756, were transformed into a Sammellager (Assembly Camp) on July 25, 1942. The first Jews who had received call-up orders arrived two days later, and the first train to Auschwitz left on August 4. This building was chosen for two reasons. It was right next to a railroad and Malines is located between Brussels and Antwerp, where 90% of the Jews in Belgium lived. After the roundups started, the Jews were taken by trucks to the inner square inside the barracks where armed SS were awaiting them. After being registered and stripped of their identity papers and last personal possessions, the prisoners had to wear a card around their neck with their number for the next deportation train. There were various categories of prisoners, the biggest of which were those marked for direct deportation. The barracks could house 1, 000 persons, but at times more than 1, 700 were crammed into them, with about 100 people on bunk beds in dormitories only about 21 to 7 meters wide. Later, they had to sleep on straw bags on the floor. The guard duty on the perimeter was done by Flemish SS members, supervised by German Security Police. SUBJECT(S) : World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium. Personal narratives, Belgian. Tweede Wereldoorlog. Verzet. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide, with only 4 of them in the US (Hoover, San Jose State, LOC, Wichita State). Scarce and Important.Some wear and stains to cover, worming to one margin (no text affected), Overall Good+ Condition. (Holo2-126-1B)
Grasset, 2011, ENVOI autographe de l'auteur, 296 pp., broché, bon état.
Paper Wraps. 8vo. 31 pages. Holocaust-era imprint. Monthly periodical by the Labor Zionist Youth organization. Contents of this issue include, The Month: Still No Decision, Shalom Wurm; Seder Diary, Ben Simcha; Boundaries of Exile, Ben Halpern; Palestine Letter: Crisis in the Party, S. Aharoni; A Day in Yagur, Willliam Siegel; Labor in Search of Policy, Samuel M. Ehrenhalt. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Labor Zionism -- United States -- Periodicals. Jewish youth -- United States -- Periodicals. OCLC lists no copies. Cover has some stains, fraying at binding. Pages darkened and crease through corner of some pages, but all text is clear. Good condition. (HOLO2-41-17)
Original Wrappers. 8vo.15 pages. 22 cm. A year-end report to the National Council by Samuel L. Haber with a foreword by Jack D. Weiler. Much on aid to post-war refugees. This annual report of the Joint Distribution Committee details the communities and need for assistance and relief work in Israel, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. It notes the changes in Jewish communities in various countries since the end of the second world war and points out concrete instances of anti-semitism in various locations. Subjects: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee - History. Jews - Charities. OCLC lists three copies (YIVO, Brandeis, HUC) . Covers lightly soiled, internally fresh and clean. Good condition. (HOLO2-96-16)
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 320 pages. 22 cm. First American edition. Hans Habe was one of the most important publicists in West Germany after World War II. During his life he wrote more than twenty books, some of them translated into English, and around ten thousand newspaper articles. Christopher and his Father; A novel of the Conflict of Generations in Germany Today concerns the relationship between Veit Harlan, the director of the anti-Semitic film Jud Suess during the Nazi period, and his son Thomas Harlan. Subjects: Fathers and sons - Germany - Fiction. Atonement - Fiction. German fiction - 20th century - Translations into English. Germany - History - 20th century - Fiction. With very good dustjacket. Near fine condition. (HOLO2-95-6)
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 319 pages. 22 cm. First American edition. Originally published as Die Mission; Vienna, Desch, 1965. Translated from the German by Michael Bullock. Janos Békessy, better known under his pen name Hans Habe (12 February 1911, Budapest 29 September 1977, Locarno) was an Hungarian-Austrian writer and newspaper publisher. From 1941, he held U. S. Citizenship. In 1930 Bekessy began to work as a reporter for the Wiener Sonn- und Montagspost (Vienna Sunday and Monday Post) . In the following year he became Editor of the Österreichische Abendzeitung (Austrian Evening News) , one of the youngest newspaper editors ever, at age 20. At this time he married his first wife, Margit Bloch. Early in 1934 he moved to the Wiener Morgen (Vienna Morning News) . From 1935 to 1939 he was a Foreign Correspondent for the Prager Tagblatt (Prague Daily News) , stationed mostly at Geneva, covering the League of Nations. In this capacity he was present at the Evian Conference in 1938, where he met again otolaryngologist Heinrich Neumann von Héthárs who had performed an operation upon Habe 13 years before, and was a friend of his family. Habe described the course of the Conference in his novel The Mission (1965) ; dedicated to the memory of Heinrich Neumann. The focal point of the novel is the infamous offer made by the German government, and transmitted to the Conference by Neumann von Héthárs, to sell the Austrian Jews to foreign countries at a price of $250 per capita, and the Conference delegates' refusal to accept. At this time Habe was married to his second wife, Erika Levy, the heiress of the Tungsram light bulb company. Subjects: Physicians - Fiction. Jews - Persecutions - Europe - Fiction. Jewish refugees - Europe - Fiction. Evian Conference (1938) - Fiction. Jewish fiction. Very good condition in good jacket. An attractive copy (HOLO2-97-17)