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Published by Tziko, New York, 1945
Seller: Ethan Daniel Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Yiddish language text. Title translates as: "I was not in Treblinka: Songs and Poems." Work produced by the Russian-born poet and playwright during a trip to Europe following World War II to meet with Holocaust survivors in displaced persons camps. Slight warp and fading to lower portion of blue cloth rear cover. Wear along front edge of sun-faded spine. Two small spots to fore-edge of text block. Otherwise no marks or inscriptions to inside pages. Binding is sound. 347 pages. s125.
Published by New York; Tziko, 1945
Seller: Dan Wyman Books, LLC, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. (FT) Publishers cloth. 8vo. 347 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Inscribed by the author. Title translates as: "I was not in Treblinka: Songs and Poems " This collection of poems about the Shoah is one of H Leivick's best known works. A celebrated left wing Yiddish poet and novelist , H. Leivick (Leivick Halpern) (1888-1962) , was a member of the Bund in 1905 and escapee from Siberia in 1913. He worked for many years as a wallpaper hanger in New York, and obtained considerable fame worldwide as a Yiddish poet and playwright. Leivick traveled to Germany with a Holocaust survivor in 1946 in order to provide words of encouragement to survivors living in displaced persons (DP) camps. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poetry. Light wear to edges of covers, outer edges lightly soiled, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-102-4xx).