Rare Holocaust Books

1. Bedamayich Chayi (Live in Your blood), Leib Rochman. Signed in the author's handwriting.
Leib Rochman (1918-1978) a famous Holocaust survivor. He became famous after the publication of his book 'Bedamayich Chayi: A Diary 1943-1944', a diary he had written while in hiding during World War II. The book was written in Yiddish and was translated to Hebrew in 1949. Aharon Applefeld wrote of the book: "This is one of the silent and non-pathetic documentaries written about the Holocaust. This book presents the adult Rochman, who had suppressed his bitter shout".
2. Ghetto by Mark Edelman, first edition, 1945, Polish.
Mar Edelman, the hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the deputy of Mordechai Anielewicz during the uprising. The representative of the socialistic, non-Zionist Bond party at the headquarters of the uprising. Due to his objection to Zionism, he remained in Poland after the War and his figure was hidden for many years from the official chronicles. the book before us was written and printed in Polish in 1945 and it is the earliest documentation of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Rare.
3. Shesh Ha'Shanim (The Six Years), Shalom Rosenfeld, single edition, 1946.
In his youth, Shalom Rosenfeld was active in the Beitar Movement in Poland. He worked as a journalist for the Revisionist Movement and took part in the radio broadcasts of the Etzel. He was among the founders of the Ma'ariv newspaper and one of its regular writers. Later, he was one of its editors. He won the Israel Prize for journalism in 1986.
4. Polish Jewry in the Clutches of the Nazis, Moshe Prager, 1941. Very early.
Moshe Prager, among the most famous authors of the Holocaust. His writing is notable for its description of the strong Jewish faith during the Holocaust. A citizen of Warsaw. In face of the Nazi's destruction and killings, he decided to act to document their deeds. Together with the Joint in Warsaw, he opened a secret office whose object was to gather material about the killings and destruction and smuggle it abroad in order to stimulate global and Jewish publics to act to save the Polish Jews. During his secret actions, he adopted Prager as a surname in name of the Warsaw suburb Praga, where he was born. He was involved in the rescue of the Gur Rebbe and with him he immigrated to Israel during the Holocaust. In Israel, he continued to describe the Holocaust, mainly as a journalist of the Davar newspaper. He founded the Kiddush Hashem Archive for the study and commemoration of the Holocaust.
5. What Buchenwald Really Means, Victor Gollancz, London, 1945
Sir Victor Gollancz (1893-1967), a publicist and publisher in England. Son of a traditional Jewish family. Founded one of the most excellent publishing houses in England. He also headed a charity organization that helped Arab refugees and thus angered Jewish and Israeli bodies. He advocated Jewish-German and Jewish-Arab reconciliation and objected vigorously to the Eichmann Trial. He was awarded knighthood in 1965.
6. Ha'Satan Ve'Hanefesh (The Devil and the Soul) Yoel and Hansy Brand, 1960, First edition. Hand-signed by Hansy Brand.
Yoel and Hansy Brand, among the famous of those on the endless journey to save the Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. Among the heroes of the Kastner affair. In this book they recall the events of the time.
7. Ferlische in Umkom, Nazin fon Hurben, M.Y. Feigenbaum, 1948, Munich – Survivng Remnants.
M.Y. Feigenbaum, of the initiators and founders of the Central Historical Committee of the Committee of the Surviving Remnants in the American area in Germany.