Likwidacja Getta Wilenskiego (Liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto)

Warsaw/Lodz/Krakow: Centralna Zydowska Komisja Historyczna, 1946. First edition. Softcover. vg- to vg. Octavo. 40pp. Grey stapled wrappers, with black lettering on the front cover. The publication is Mendel Balberyszski's personal eyewitness account of life in the Vilna Ghetto and its subsequent destruction during the German occupation of Lithuania. During the Holocaust, Balberyszski, who was a prominent member of Vilna's Jewish community, became a member of the Advisory Council administering the "small ghetto", who continued to oppose the Judenrat's policy of collaborating with the Nazis. He managed to survive the liquidation of the Ghetto, and ultimately the Holocaust. Pages 38-40 contain a list of 35 titles published 1945-1946 by the Historical comission.

Text in Polish.

Age toning to wrappers. Covers with a few few small white paint stains, and light water stains along the spine. Interior with a minor age toning to the edges of pages. Wrappers in very good, interior in overall near fine condition. Protected by modern mylar. * Mendel Balberyszski (1894-1966) was a Lithuanian- Polish Jewish politician, writer and Holocaust survivor. Before WWII he was member of the editorial staff of the Vilnius Yiddish newspaper "Der Tog". He later enter politics, becoming a prominent member of the Jewish political party "Folkspartei", and later the Polish Democratic Party. He survived the holocaust and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia where he became a prominent member of the Jewish community. His experiences were ultimately published as "Stronger than Iron: The Destruction of Vilna Jewry 1941-1945" in 2010.

* This publication copies material previously published in the 2nd volume of the work "Dokumenty I Materialy do dziejow okupacji niemieckiej w Polsce" (Documents and Materials for the History of German Occupation in Poland), earlier the same year.