Two important community books in Yiddish, published after World War II.
* Umkum of the Yiddish Kovno by Joseph Gar. Munich 1948 . An important book reviewing the history of Kaunas, the capital of Lithuania since World War I, with special emphasis on Jewish fate during the Holocaust from its conquest by the Soviets in September 1939. Continuation of the Nazi invasion on June 22, 1941, as part of Operation Barbarossa until its liberation in the fall of 1944 by the Soviets. Includes important and difficult photographs of all the stages that went through the city - sending a Jew to the death camps, until her release after the war and the fate of her survivors. Tears on back cover and on the edges of last pages.Moderate - good condition
* Plutsk Bletlach geshifteh of Jewish Life in the Old Home by P. Feigenblum, Buenos Aires 1945 . An important book about the fate of Plutsk Jewry from the beginning of its Jewish settlement, with special emphasis on Zionist activity in the city from the beginning of the 20th century, and its fate during the Holocaust long since its occupation by the Nazis on September 8, 1939, and the deportation of Jews to the camps. Detached cover, detached pages. Tears and fragments in cardboard binding. Spine partially missing and completed with glue. Moderate condition.
