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The Brown Beast: Concentration Camp Europe Under the Rule of Hitler
by Hajsman, Jan; Jan Masaryk [Preface]; L.H. Vydra [Translator]; M.H. Levine [Translator]
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About This Item
Prague: Orbis, 1948. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Jan Hajsman on title page in green ink, inscribed in Czech in the year of publication to former owner. 213, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps.Very Good, wraps worn along edges, slight crease to front wrap, small tidemark to rear colophon.
A history of the German occupation of Europe during WWII by a Czech journalist and resistance fighter who spent nearly six years in Buchenwald concentration camp (Sept 1939-April 1945). This work and his earlier book Buchenwald were some of the earliest writing about German concentration camps. Scarce signed.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943669
- Title
- The Brown Beast: Concentration Camp Europe Under the Rule of Hitler
- Author
- Hajsman, Jan; Jan Masaryk [Preface]; L.H. Vydra [Translator]; M.H. Levine [Translator]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Orbis
- Place of Publication
- Prague
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- concentration camps, world war II, Buchenwald, Adolph Hitler, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Eastern Europe, Nazi, WWII
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Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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