Encyclopaedia of the Jewish Diaspora A Memorial Library of Countries and Communities Volume XII (Warsaw 3) - I. Itzhak Gruenbaum II. The End of Polish Jewry
Jerusalem: Encyclopaedia of the Jewish Diaspora, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xiii, 726 columns. Blue cloth with gold lettering and illustration on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece b/w photograph of Itzhak Gruenbaum. Two part volume from the famous Encyclopaedia of the Jewish Diaspora series of Holocaust memorial volumes. Part I is a memorial of Itzhak Gruenbaum, one of the leading scholars, who worked on the series. Part II deals with the fate of Jewish survivors in the post-war period. Includes numerous b/w photographs. Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. Dj chipped. Rippling and sunning to front leaves. Signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Dj in overall fair condition. Book in good condition. g. Item #33296
Small Folio. 729 pp. Original decorative dustjacket with black printers vignette and lettering on front and spine in modern mylar. Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora. Poland Series. In two parts: Part one contains the detailed biography of Yitzhak Grinboym and part two entitled: "The End of the Jews in Poland" describes the the history of the destruction of the Jewish Communities in Poland and the difficulties after the Second World War with the constant Antisemitism and porgroms in Poland. The second part includes a chapter on culture and education in Poland, with an excursus to the Yiddish Theatre and Yiddish Newspapers. The two parts are richly illustrated with b/w photographs and photocopies of documents. Short articles on the history/events are contributed by Dr. Yosef Kermish, Israel Ben-Dov, I. Bialostotzki, Avraham Roznman in Yiddish and Yokhanan Cohen, Moshe Kol and others. The variety of contributors provide a description of the history from different angles and offer several approaches to the topic. Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. Dustjacket with some wear along edges and lightly scuffed at tail of spine. Dustjacket, binding and interior in good to very good condition.
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