The Moses of Rovno: The Stirring Story of Fritz Graebe, a German Christian Who Risked His Life to Lead Hundreds of Jews to Safety During the Holocaust (Signed, with Ephemera)

Huneke, Douglas K.

Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1985

About this Item

Near Fine in Very Good Glossy Dust Jacket with original price ($17.95). Inscribed by author on title page: "For Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Kaufman with great respect. Douglas Huneke 2 February 1986". Graebe was a witness to the German atrocities of WWII, including the massacres of Polish and Soviet Jews. He devoted himself to protecting Jews and others by taking them into his labor forces and providing false papers. Though some of his employees perished, others survived due partly to Graebe's subterfuges and interventions with the German authorities. After the war Graebe testified at Nuremberg and other war crimes trials, for which he was hounded out of Germany. Notes. With laid in book review and obituary from the San Francisco Chronicle. Cream paper over boards with light brown backstrip and dark brown titling on spine. Dust Jacket shows mild edge wear, mild wear at head & tail of spine. Interior is clean, crisp, tight & bright, except as noted unmarked. xix, 208 pp. Approx. 6.25" x 9.5". Carefully shipped in secure parcel. Ask all questions; glad to respond.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Moses of Rovno: The Stirring Story of Fritz Graebe, a German Christian Who Risked His Life to Lead Hundreds of Jews to Safety During the Holocaust (Signed, with Ephemera)
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Judaica