Book details: KHOCHU ZHYTY! OBRAZKY Z NIMETSKYKH KONTSENTRATSIINYKH TABORIV [I WANT TO LIVE! SKETCHES OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS]
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$US 500.00
Danskyi, O.
KHOCHU ZHYTY! OBRAZKY Z NIMETSKYKH KONTSENTRATSIINYKH TABORIV [I WANT TO LIVE! SKETCHES OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS]
Imprint: Munich; Ukrainian Publishing Association, 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Original Wrappers. 8vo. 163 pages. 21 cm. Illustrated. First edition. In Ukrainian. Line drawing illustrations depicting prisoners, and camp labor. Written by Daniel Tchaikovsky, under the pseudonym O. Danskyi. Tchaikovsky was a journalist, member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, and supporter of OUN leader Stepan Bandera. He was imprisoned in Auschwitz from 1942 until the camp was liberated in 1945. (Wikipedia) This account of Auschwitz is the first survivor's account to be published in Ukrainian, and is one of the earliest accounts of the horrors Nazi concentration camps. (Preface to the second edition) Subjects: Concentration camps -- Germany. Auschwitz. Previous owners markings on title and half title pages. Previous institutional markings on cover. Some age toning and edgewear. Back strip has tears and previous repair with non-archival tape. Light staining internally along top edge, not affecting text. Good condition. (UKR-1-45)
Stock number:33714.