The Brown Beast: Concentration Camp Europe Under the Rule of Hitler
Prague: Orbis, 1948.
First edition. Signed by Jan Hajsman on title page in green ink, inscribed in Czech in the year of publication to former owner. 213, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps.Very Good, wraps worn along edges, slight crease to front wrap, small tidemark to rear colophon. A history of the German occupation of Europe during WWII by a Czech journalist and resistance fighter who spent nearly six years in Buchenwald concentration camp (Sept 1939-April 1945). This work and his earlier book Buchenwald were some of the earliest writing about German concentration camps. Scarce signed.
Price: $750.00