HET VERDWENEN GHETTO Wandelingen door de Amsterdamse Jodenbuurt – ‘The Disappearing Ghetto’ – The important book of Dr. Jaap Meijer About the Jewish Quarter in Amsterdam. Amsterdam 1948. Dutch. Hardcover, rare copy with original illustrated dust jacket. Most of the known copies lack this dust jacket before us everything is complete.
The book, which was printed on thick and fine paper, includes an extensive overview of the Jewish community in Amsterdam – synagogues, Talmud Torah, great rabbis, leaders of the Amsterdam community for generations, specialty houses, the Jewish market, public buildings of the Jewish community, the cemetery, Jewish art, and more. Accompanied by dozens of rare photographs of Jewish life in the community, important events that took place in it, portrait photos, and more.
160 pages, 24 cm. Slight tears in the dust jacket. Stains. Good condition.
