Judaica

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"Warsaw Ghetto Album"

By A. Grupinska, J. Jagielski, P. Szapiro

Now only $22 !!

JUD_001

$29

Hardcovered, 95 pages (glossy paper) of very high quality unique black/white photos of Jews in Warsaw during WW2. There are descriptions in Polish and English languages about Jewish history in Warsaw Ghetto. Published in Warsaw, Poland 2002. Size: 7 x 6.5 in.

"Lodz Ghetto Diary"

By Jakub Poznanski

Now only $23 !!

JUD_002

$29

Hard cover, 285 pages, size: 6 x 8.5 in., written in Polish language. Published in Warsaw, Poland 2002. This is the diary written by the Polish Jude while the Nazi occupation in Lodz (Litzmannstadt) during the World War Second. Really worth having for all those interested in the Judaica subject.

"Jewish Military Casualties in the Polish Armies in the World War II"

By Benjamin Meirtchak (Beniamin Majerczak)

Now only $27 !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUD_003

$32

This publication is a unique commemoration of Jews, soldiers and officers of Polish Armies, fighting in many parts of the world during WWII. Benjamin Meirtchak has been in search for years of names of those taking part in regular war in September 1939, officers murdered by Ukrainian NKWD, Jews in Polish resistance movement, those fighting in Lublin district (especially prisoners of war killed on the 14-19 of February 1940 during "the walk of death" from Lublin to Biala Podlaska), Jews imprisoned in officers’ prisoner-of-war camps and prison camp for NCO’s and men in Nazi Germany, those taken to the Nazi concentration camps and to the Soviet concentration camps. In this book you will find the results of work Meirtchak’s done. All the names of Jews fighting against Nazists are cited here on 519 pages. The book consists of 19 chapters on those who were killed in action and missing in France, Norway and North Africa, in the general Anders Army in USSR 1941-42, in Iran 1942, in Italy and Near East, in the West: Netherlands and Germany 1942-1945. What you can also find realy interesting these are maps of fighting Poland and Europe, lots of b/w photos of original lists and identification cards and high quality photos of cementaries, as well as many others. If you seek for the source of information or need the pure history without unnecessary comments and literature backgrounds, this book is for you!! It’s a special “Kadish”, prayer to the honour of those who were killed in these days defending their nation and culture. Details: 519 pages, soft covered, 7 x 9 in., published Warsaw 2001 (Polish language).

"Lodz Judaica in Old Postcards"

By Ryszard Bonislawski, Symcha Keller

Now only $27 !!

 

 

JUD_004

$32

Edited in Lodz 2002. Text in Polish and English languages. "This album attempts to recall the places which are no longer existing and also the function of the currently anonymous existing buildings, which lost their history (...). It presents a small part of the old city which no longer exists. The Old Town rebuilt after the Second World War is no longer existing as the Lodz beautiful synagogues destroyed by the Nazis in 1940. Between 12,000 and 20,000 out of 230,000 Lodz Jews survived the war and there are only about 300 Jews in Lodz". The authors would like to dedicate this album to the memory of all the Jews who did not survive the hell of the Lodz Ghetto and the extermination camps. Hard cover, 87 pages, size: 9.4 x 7 in. Pictures used in the publication are taken from the collections of: The State Record Office of Lodz, The Jewish Community of Lodz, The Publisher and private persons.

"Where the tailor was a poet... . Polish Jews and their culture"

By Adam Dylewski

Now only $29 !!

 

JUD_005

$35

The Polish Jews left behind an extremely rich culture with fascinating customs and impressive monuments. The remnants of that world which no longer exists are the subject of this guidebook. Hard cover, size:  8 x 5 in., 327 pages, lots of very high quality coloured photos of Jewish towns, Synagogues and everyday life. Rich description of customs and religious traditions. Text in English, edited in 2002 Cracow, Poland. A must for those who are interested in Jewish culture.

"The history of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe"

By Heiko Haumann

Now only $29 !!

 

JUD_006

$35

This book (written by the professor of Eastern Europe history and contemporary history at the university of Basel) is a wide study on Jewish history and culture during centuries of the presence of this nation in Europe – especially Eastern Europe. It is a long history, still thrilling, here fairly described and in every detail (Polish language). All the customs, traditions, way of living, religion – on the 286 pages, hardcover, size: 6 x 8 in. Maps and black and white photos of Jews e.g. in the ghetto of Lodz or while praying in the synagogue. There are pictures of cementary in Vilnius as well as everyday activities shown (life on the streets, at work). Published in Warsaw, 2000.

"Jewish Art in Poland"

By I. Rejduch-Samkowa,  J. Samek

Now only $57 !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUD_007

$61

 

This beautiful publication is a unique record of a widely understood Jewish art in Poland, a country which became Jewish refuge already in the 11th century.

“Jewish art in Poland has a special local character which gives it an important, even if underestimated, place in the history of Polish and European art”.

Outstanding coloured and b/w pictures and high quality photos show the richness and charm of craft and jewellery of ritual meaning in different forms of art. Jewish art in Poland is extremely rich in all its manifestations (architecture where Jewish artists added their own traditional and decorative motifs: Synagogues (from the oldest ones – till those of the 20th c. – both wooden and bricklayed with the inside details), cemeteries and unique tombs, portraits, landscape paintings, those ones showing the everyday life of Jewish people and those depicting religious ceremonies, miniature paintings, books and literature [Torah elements], sculpture, jewellery, embroidery, etc. 

Published in Warsaw, Poland 2002. Hard covered with dust-jacket, 235 pages, size: 9.8 x 12.8 in.

All those who appreciate Jewish and European history and culture will certainly find this publication a great source of knowledge. Not only for connoisseurs!!

"Jews"

by Andrzej Zbikowski

 

 

 

JUD_008

$ 29

Beautifuly edited book presenting  7 centuries of Jewish history in Poland. The Polish Jews left behind an extremely rich culture with fascinating customs and impressive monuments. Many very high quality unique colour and black/white pictures, drawings, photos of well known Jews, caricatures, effigies, synagogues, ceremonial objects, documents, towns, villages, streets, everyday life. Also newspaper articles, maps and paintings. Very intersting publication. You do not have to understand Polish language to find this book useful. Published in Poland, 2000. Hard cover, glossy paper, 313 pages, size: 5.6 x 7.8 in., written in Polish language. Really worth having!!!

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