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New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very rare book. Collectible. One of the most fantastic stories to come out of the war! In June 1042, a 17 year old boy was shipped to Auschwitz. His name was Rudolf Vrba. There was every reason to believe that he would never see the outside world again. But somehow he managed to survive and win a permanent place in history. Fighting against starvation, typhus and almost unbelievable brutality, he kept a complete record of Nazi horrors. Finally he managed to escape, driven by a consuming desire to alert the world to the truth about the Nazi death camps. Ultimately, through the intervention of Pope Pius XII, he helped to save the lives of 600,000 Hungarian Jews. One of the great escape stories of all time! A shattering report on the roles of the Pope and the Jewish leaders in the most monstrous crime in history! 277 pages. Some heavy rubbing on top & bottom &…
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I Cannot Forgive
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NY: Grove Press, 1964. First Thus. Cloth. Fair/good. Octavo, 281 pages. First printing of Grove Press edition. Black cloth-covered boards with silver accents. Ex-library copy, with normal library markings, stamps, and labels. Firm binding; no loose pages. Tanned edges with some marks, including a black mark on top edge. Cocked spine; boards starting to separate from spine but are still attached (see photo of back cover, which is separated the most). Dust jacket with sunned spine; encased in a clear, protective cover which is attached to boards. A readable copy. From the cover: "The full story of the man who escaped from Auschwitz in 1944 and who today is chief witness at the 1964 Auschwitz trial."
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I Cannot Forgive : The Amazing True Story of a 17 Year Old Jewish Boy Who Defied the Germans at Auschwitz and Escaped to Alert the World to the Nazi Horror Camps!
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I Cannot Forgive
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UK: Sidgwick & Jackson and Anthony Gibbs and Phillips. Fair. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 278 pages. "The personal testimony of the leading prosecution witness in the mass trial to be held in Frankfurt. Dr. Vrba was, in fact, one of the few inmates of the notorious extermination camp at Auschwitz to escape and here he tells the story of the unbelievable horros which he witnessed." - from half-title page. Both free endpapers removed. Significant spine slant. Chips from bottom edges of some pages (text unaffected) as if prior owner tore them out to use as bookmarks. A worthy reading copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Jewish Holocaust Auschwitz Poland Second World War Nazi Germany Himmler Memoir .
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