Rachel Auerbach Rokhl Auerbach (2 results)

Condition: new.

Softcover. Condition: fair to g+. First edition. Octavo. 95pp. [1]. Printed tan wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. First edition of this important work recounting the history of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. The author, prolific Polish-Jewish writer, historian and essayist Rachel Auerbach (aka Rokhl Auerbakh, 1903-1976), was one of three surviving member of the covert Oyneg Shabes group, led by Emanuel Ringelblum, who were responsible for chronicling life in the Ghetto during the German occupation (the Ringelblum Archive). She lead the effort to excavate the buried archive after the war, and later after emmigrating to Israel, she directed the Yad Vashem Department for the Collection of Witness Testimony, from 1954 to 1968. Text in Yiddish, with an additional title page in Polish. Wrappers age toned, with a few small stains. Large vertical crease on the front cover. Interior with some age toning to pages. Pages 65-95 disbound from book block, but present and in good shape. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in fair condition. Wrappers protected by modern mylar. Yiddish title: ??? ??????? ?????????, ?????? 1943 ???????, ??..…