An important collection of 9 community books. Most of the books were published after the destruction of European Jewry and they bring the story of the communities that were destroyed, as well as the documentation of the destruction itself during the war years. Some of them with important photographs of the members of the community, its institutions, Rabbis, leaders, and buildings. In some books there are dedications by the authors.
Kirya Nemana - Chronicles of the Jewish community in the city of Vilna, and sections for geniuses, sages, writers and philanthropists by Rabbi Shmuel Yosef Pin, Vilna 1915.
פון ווילנער געטא געשטאלטן און בילדער - Figures and pictures from the Vilna Ghetto, by Haikel Lvinsky. Vilnius, 1920.
The history of the Boulogne community at the beginning of the 16th century, with handwritten certificates from one booklet and from answer files of R. Azriel Trabot the Elder and of Azriel Daina, by Isaiah Zena, Cincinnati 1942 - a copy with the author's dedication.
Vienna in the Past and Present as "Memories" - a painting from my state of mind when Vienna passed from Austria to the German tyrant ימ"ש, by Mordechai Gottfried, Tel Aviv 1945 - a copy with the author's dedication to Yitzchak Rapel.
The Destruction of Sokhawalie by Lazar Simcha - a rare publication about the destruction of the town of Sokhawalie (which was located between Bialystok and Grodna) and the murder of 3000 Jewish by the Nazis during World War II. Accompanied by rare photographs of the members of the community who perished. Yiddish [1946].
Sasov a tombstone for my city by Yitzhak Werfel. Bamishor Library, Jerusalem [1946].
סטודיע צור דער געשיכטע פון יידן אין "ווארטע לאנד" אין דער תקופה פון אומקום - The history of the Jews in "Warte Land" during the Holocaust 1939-1944, by Yeshaiahu Trunk. Published by the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, 1950. Yiddish.
לובלין שטאט פון תורה, רבנות, און חסידות. by N. Shemen. Canada, 1951. An important book about the Jewish community in Lublin, its rabbis, and its leaders. Yiddish.
יזכור בוך סואוואלק. Edited by Berel Cohen. New York 1961. Yiddish. A fancy album edition with dozens of photographs of rabbis, streets, and people from the Suvalak community before the Holocaust, as well as many photographs of the community members who perished in the Holocaust in a "Yizkor" section.
Various sizes and conditions. general condition good.
