The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland: Note Addressed to the Governments of the United Nations on December 10th, 1942, and Other Documents
London, New York, & Melbourne: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Co., [1943].
First edition. 16 pp. Staple bound in publisher's self wraps. Near Fine with a little rusting to staples and staining along spine. A bright, attractive copy of a momentous historical document. For the first time this pamphlet publicly disclosed the ongoing Holocaust for an Allied audience in the midst of World War II, with information provided by Polish diplomat-tuned-secret-agent Jan Karski. It focused on events in Poland including the Warsaw Ghetto rebellion and mentioned various concentration camps in Eastern Europe. It also contained the text of the Joint Declaration by Members of the United Nations of 17 December 1942, and an excerpt of a statement by Deputy Prime Minister Stanisław Mikołajczyk of 27 November 1942. Rare in commerce.
Price: $5,500