"Salamandra" / "Kar'u Lo Piepel" – Ka-Tsetnik – First Editions

First editions of the books "Salamandra" and Kar'u Lo Piepel" (They Called Him Piepel) by Ka-Tsetnik (Yehiel De-Nur). Tel-Aviv, 1946/1961.
1. Salamandra. Tel-Aviv: "Dvir", 1946. Translated from a manuscript: Y.L. Baruch [Yitzchak leib Baruch]. The first book of the series "Salamandra, a Chronicle of a Jewish Family in the Twentieth Century", which was written immediately after De-Nur's release from Auschwitz and published shortly after his immigration to Palestine.
287 pp, approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Inscription on the title page.
2. "Kar'u Lo Piepel" [They Called Him Piepel]. Tel-Aviv: "Am HaSefer", 1961. The third book of the series "Salamandra, a Chronicle of a Jewish Family in the Twentieth Century", describing the experiences of a child in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
256 pp, 21 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
Ka-Tsetnik is the pen name of Yehiel De-Nur (born Yehiel Feiner, 1917-2001), a native of Poland, and survivor of the Auschwitz Extermination Camp, where he lost his entire family. De-Nur Arrived to Palestine via Italy and dedicated his life to writing about his imprisonment in Auschwitz. While writing his books, De-Nur would return to the "Auschwitz planet", close himself in his room, wear his prisoner garb and not shower, sleep or eat for days. He wrote his books, characterized by chilling descriptions, while protecting his complete anonymity and using the pen name Ka-Tsetnik. His identity was exposed during the Eichmann trials, when he took the witness stand.