Tractate Nedarim, Munich 1946 - First Post-Holocaust Printing of Talmud

Tractate Nedarim, Babylonian Talmud. Published by the Va’ad Agudat HaRabbanim in the American region in Germany with the assistance of Va’ad HaHatzala. Munich St. Otilien, 1946. Illustrated title page with photographs from the concentration camps “The work barracks where we dwelled and secretly studied and prayed”.
In their introduction, the publishers write about “taking away the book from the People of the Book” by the evil people who destroyed and cremated the Jews of Europe and made an effort not to leave any Hebrew book: “all books were taken for paper processing or other despicable uses… and therefore after the liberation there was a great thirst for books, Yeshivot were established, however, there were no books to study from… this spurred us to print some tractates… we possess only Tractate Kiddushin and Nedarim in one volume in nearly new condition and we decided to photocopy and print these tractates and distribute them among the refugees in Germany…”. In 1949, the entire Shas was printed in Munich in a uniform edition consisting of 19 volumes, with an illustrated title page with different illustrations than in this first copy, see previous item.
[3], 2-103, 16 leaves. 39.5 cm. Good condition, slight stains and wear, worn and loose binding (of Va’ad HaYeshivot in Eretz Yisrael).
Rare, not listed in Bibliography Institute CD.