MUNCHEN, P. Rauscher - sans date - In-12 carré - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Texte en allemand et en français - Très nombreuses illustrations NB - 59 pages - Propre Joint : 10 illustrations NB de Dachau en cartes postales Un guide pour les visiteurs des sites commémoratifs du Camp de concentration de Dachau Livres.
Published by Philipp Rauscher, Munich, 1950
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good+ condition. First edition. Sextodecimo. 59 (1), 1 folding plan. Original tan illustrated wraps with black lettering and double frame on cover. Guide through the memorial sites of the former Concentration Camp Dachau. Pictorial and written reports on the suffering and death of uncounted prisoners from countries around the world. "The booklet was written without any thought of hatred or revenge; it shall give the visitors of the Dachau memorial sites information on everything that has happened here, without any exaggeration, but also without any extenuating phrases. The attached plans will give detailed orientation on the memorial sites at the Crematory, on "Leitenberg" and "Waldfriedhof" in Dachau." (Introduction). Profusely illustrated with b/w reproduction of photographs, artistic renderings and tables conveying overwhelmingly the horror and suffering that took place in the concentration camp. Includes photographs of the postwar tribunal, the memorial sites and plaques and a folding map of the Crematory and the surrounding area at the camp. All images with captions. Text in English and French. Booklet age-toned and back cover with mostly closed tear, small chips, half way down the spine, repaired with japan tissue.
Published by Munich: Philipp Rauscher, [c.1950], 1950
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition of this guide to Dachau, sold to visitors to the camp in the early post-war years, including photographs of the camp taken by Allied liberation forces and a folding map of the crematoria. The text is in English and French. Sextodecimo. Folding map loosely inserted. Original wrappers. A little toned and soiled, light creases at extremities. A very good copy.