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1946 · 54171 — Bergen-Belsen: Our Voice/ Unzer Sztyme 1946. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Oblong small folio. 38pp. single-sided leaves. Recased with a black cloth spine with the original illustrated tan and red paper front wrapper laid down. Original black paper back wrapper. New endpapers. Content printed on large heavy stock paper leaves.<br /> <br /> This scarce powerful and disturbing collection of Holocaust images predominantly taken in the ghettos of Bedzin and Lodz and the camp in Bergen-Belsen by captured Nazi soldiers might best be described in the words of the editors: "The incentive to produce this collection gave us our deepest desire to show the world the crimes of Germany to give expression to the throttled cry of pain of the Jews to the sighs of our fathers and mothers sisters and brothers during the frozen nights of winter and the overpowering heat of the summer which was spent in sealed railway trucks the desire to bring back to our memories of the Jewish settlements which were drowned in torrents of Jewish blood". This notable work was prepared in advance of the Nuremberg Trials as a further evidence of Nazi crimes and is considered one of the most important works assembled by Jews in the aftermath of destruction to visually document the horrors of the Holocaust. The work features 115 striking b/w photographic reproductions. with captions in Yiddish Hebrew English and German. Separate title pages in all four languages as well.<br /> <br /> Binding with some rubbing chipping and small tears to the edges of the covers. A few creases closed tears and a small stain to the main portion of the cover which is otherwise quite clean and vibrant. Title pages with some slight abrasions and age toning with all text still clean and vibrant. The rest of the pages throughout clean with only very minor age toning mostly to the edges with all images and text clean. Book block tight. Binding in very good- interior in overall very good condition. Scarce with its original cover in good shape which is usually found in quite damaged states. Yiddish title: ××•× ×“×–×¢×¨ חורבן ×ין בילד<br /> Authors: ×’×¢×–×מלט ×ון רעד×גירט דורך רפ×ל ×לעווסקי פ×ול טרעפמ×ן דוד ר××–× ×˜×ל<br /> Publication: בערגן-בעלזן ×רויסגעבער ×¦×¢× ×˜×¨×ל ק×מיטעט פון די ב×פרייטע יידן ×ין דער בריטישער ×–×× ×¢/ פ×רל××’ ××•× ×“×–×¢×¨ ×©×˜×™× <br /> <br /> Hebrew title: ×—×•×¨×‘× × ×• ×‘×ª×ž×•× ×•×ª<br /> Authors: × ×œ×§×˜ ×•× ×¢×¨×š בידי רפ×ל ×ולבסקי פ×ול טרפמן דוד ×¨×•×–× ×˜×œ<br /> Publication: ברגן-בעלזן הועד המרכזי ×œ×™×”×•×“×™× ×”×ž×©×•×—×¨×¨×™× ×‘×זור הבריטי/הוצ×ת ××•× ×“×–×¢×¨ שטימע. Our Voice/ Unzer Sztyme hardcover