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First Edition, with annotations in Hebrew. Illustrated with 17 full-page Zinco engravings created by Zincographies, Ltd. Oblong folio (34 x 25 cm), publisher's original linen backed boards, the upper cover printed in Hebrew. 4 text and 17 plates pp. A very good copy, well preserved with minor evidence of age or use.

Edizione: rare early illustrated work on the horrors of the holocaust. the evocative illustrations include jews being rounded up for transport to the camps, a depiction of the "death wagons" used for transport, the rebellion in the ghetto, partisans, treblinka, the "monster" nazi, the underground resistence and more. the album of illustrations was prepared and published during the most intense years of the holocaust.<br> lea grundig (1906 – 1977) was a german painter and graphic artist. in the mid-1930s her work reflected themes of the new nazi age, with her cycles "harzburger front", "unterm hakenkreuz" (1936), "der jude ist schuld!" (1935–38), "krieg droht!"(1935–37), "im tal des todes" (1942/43) and "ghetto".<br> in 1935 a ban was imposed on exhibits of her work and in may 1936 she was arrested. later in 1936 she traveled to switzerland but she then returned to her home city and it was in dresden that in may 1938 she was again arrested. in march 1939 she was found guilty of "preparing to commit high treason" (»vorbereitung zum hochverrat«) as a result of her communist activities and/or her jewish provenance, and was sentenced to four months imprisonment. she served her sentence, which in the event lasted till november/december 1939, in a prison in dresden. however, on her release she was granted an emigration permit. she emigrated to bratislava, then the capital of the still notionally independent slovak republic (slovakia). in 1940 she reached a refugee camp in slovakia from where she moved as an exile to palestine. here she survived in a british internment camp at atlit till 1942. on release she remained, till the end of 1948, in palestine, living successively in haifa and tel aviv. she was again able to show her work legally: exhibitions of her work took place not just in palestine where she was living but also in the usa, france, south africa and great britain.