Auction 18 /
Lot54

54  From

255

54

The Brown Book - an early publication about Nazi crimes published in Warsaw [!], 1933

Opening price: $150

Commission: 22%

Sold: $600
00
Days
00
Hours
00
Minutes
00
Seconds
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
12.05.2022 07:00pm

דאס ברוינע בוך - [The Brown Book], about the burning of the Reichstag and Hitler's terror. Published by the International Aid Committee for the Victims of German Fascism. A brave publication published in Warsaw, 1933 describing in detail the atrocities and murders of the Nazis against the Jews in Germany that had just been handed over to Hitler. 7 booklets. Yiddish, with photographs. cover with an illustration of a swastika. rare.

In the pamphlets there is an extensive description of the way the Nazi party seized power by means of terror and force, it is described how the Nazis burned down the Reichstag to blame the opponents. The persecution of the Jews is described by the Jews themselves who witnessed the terrible events - the investigations of the members of the Nazi S.A. troop, and the Gestapo in which Jews were tortured and murdered by SS soldiers with extensive detail describing 300 cases of the capture of Jews and the various torture methods employed by the Nazis in this early stage, including attacks of rabbis in synagogues, whippings in which Jews were forced to say "thank you" after each blow, murder of Jews with ax blows, executions by shooting Jews in the city street, confiscation of Jewish goods and endless interrogations of Jews in the Gestapo rooms, forced labor that the Jews were forced to perform such as cleaning the streets and public humiliation of Jews by cutting off their beards in public, manifestations of anti-Semitism in the form of areas forbidden to Jews, such as in public places, cafes, etc., and more. The name of the book is derived from the nickname "The Brown Shirts", after the members of the Nazi stormtroopers (S.A.). In the same year, a booklet with a similar name and content was published in Eretz Israel: "The Brown Book" published by 'Herot'.

5 brochures. 442, [6] p., 16 cm. Good condition.

More items

Ask about the item

54. The Brown Book - an early publication about Nazi crimes published in Warsaw [!], 1933