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This was Oswiecim. The story of a murder camp / by Filip Friedman. Compiled from official records and evidence and eye-witness accounts. Translated from the Yiddish original by Joseph Leftwich.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedman, Philip, 1901-1960.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
- Physical Description:
- 84 pages : illustrations plans ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : United Jewish Relief Appeal, 1946.
- Language Note:
- Translation in English from the original Yiddish.
- Summary:
- The manuscript of this booklet was brought to England from Poland by the representative of the United Jewish Relief Appeal, Philip Friedman, when he visited Poland in October 1945. Friedman is the director of the Central Jewish Historical Commission in Poland, as well as having been a member of the Polish State Commission for Investigating the German Crimes in Poland. This is the first scientific account of what happened in Auschwitz. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Mark S. Zucker Judaica Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Friedman, Philip, 1901-1960. This was Oswiecim.
- OCLC:
- 713280
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