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'KZ Mauthausen.' Shimon Wiesenthal, Linz-Vienna, 1946. Extremely Rare
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'KZ Mauthausen.' Shimon Wiesenthal, Linz-Vienna, 1946. Extremely Rare
KZ. Mauthausen. Bild und Wort von S. Wiesenthal [Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Pictures and words by S. Wiesenthal] Linz-Vienna, 1946. Rare early testimony of the horrors of the Holocaust, written and illustrated by the "Nazi hunter" Simon Wiesenthal. First edition. Extremely rare.
114 pages, including [26] plates in two shades. 31 cm.
The first book of Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005), and one of the first testimonies published after the Holocaust.
Testimony in German of his experiences in the Mauthausen camp, and alongside it 25 illustrations and photomontages by the author, of the camp, the guards and the inmates.
Weisenthal was born in Galicia and studied architecture. After the Holocaust he became famous as the "Nazi hunter" as a result of his involvement in chasing and bringing to trial over 1,100 war criminals. In the Holocaust he was in various concentration camps. At the end of the war he took part in a death march and, despite gangrene in his leg, managed to survive and to arrive at the Mauthausen camp, where he was liberated by the Americans weighing less than 45 kilograms.
He utilized his talents for drawing and architecture, which even saved him in the camp, to publish this book a year after his liberation. In 1947 Weisenthal began to work for the American army collecting material in order to prosecute war criminals, and later in his life he worked privately in tracking down Nazis.
Soft illustrated cover. Excellent condition.
