Amsterdam: Joachimsthal, 1951. Cloth. 8vo. 170 pages. In English and Hebrew. Melkman is writer and Yad Vashem director. Born in Amsterdam, during World War II Melkman was deported to Belsen. Later he became head of the Jewish Agency cultural and immigration department in Holland. In 1957 he settled in Israel, where he was director of Yad Vashem, and from 1960 cultural director at the Ministry of Education. Among his writings are anthologies of Hebrew poetry and prose, Israel (1950) and Geliefde Vijand (1964) . He served as joint divisional editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica on the Holocaust. (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Poets, Hebrew. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Slight creasing and bumping to edges and spine of cover. Minimal rippling to edges of textblock. Staining to cover. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-4-11).