1st Latin American Edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo. 102 pages ; 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates into English as, "In the Abyss. Novels of the Ghetto. " "Isaiah Spiegel (1923-1990) was a Polish Jewish writer and poet born in Lódz. " (Wikipedia, 2017) "(He) was an inmate of the Lodz Ghetto from its inception in 1940 until its liquidation in 1944. While there, he wrote short stories depicting Jewish life in the ghetto and managed to hide them before he was deported to Auschwitz. After being freed, he returned to Lodz to retrieve and publish his stories. " (nupress.com, 2017) SUBJECT(S) : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) This is the first edition of Spiegels stories that was published in the Americas. OCLC lists 25 holdings worldwide. Wrappers show some wear. Some toning and foxing to Wrappers and end pages. Otherwise about very good condition. (HOLO2-135-71)