The Extermination of the Jews in Poland - An Early Report from Eyewitnesses to the Atrocities - Dutch Edition. ...

The Extermination of the Jews in Poland - An Early Report from Eyewitnesses to the Atrocities - Dutch Edition. Netherlands, [1946] - First Edition

De Vernietiging van de Joden in Polen. Ooggetuigenverslagen over Warschau, Lublin, Tremblinki, Belzec, Posen, Kratzau, Auschwitz - The Extermination of the Jews in Poland. Eyewitness Testimonies from Warsaw, Lublin, Treblinka, Belzec, Posen, Krakow, Auschwitz - Collected and edited for the Dutch public by Drs. J.A. Weijel. Published by Boom-Ruygrok, Haarlem, Netherlands, [1945] - First Dutch Edition. One of the earliest and most detailed publications in the Dutch language on the Jewish ghettos in Poland and the extermination of Jews in the death camps. Rare.

"I believed it was important to raise awareness of the events in Poland that led to the extermination of European Jewry. I tried to do so as soberly as possible: the memory of the victims demanded it. Therefore, I limited myself to the essential data..." (from the editor's introduction). A detailed documentation based on eyewitness reports from both Jewish and non-Jewish sources on the extermination of the Jews. The report provides a comprehensive account of Jewish life in the Warsaw and Lublin ghettos from their establishment, including a thorough documentation of how the Nazis systematically confiscated Jewish property, the severe conditions, starvation, and daily terror inflicted upon them. Additionally, the report offers a detailed description of the various stages of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Jewish resistance efforts, the incredible courage of the Jewish fighters, and the total destruction of the ghetto following the suppression of the uprising. The report also exposes the atrocities committed in the extermination camps of Treblinka, Lublin, Belzec, and Auschwitz, detailing the harsh labor conditions in the camps, the mass extermination processes, the inhumane conditions, and the crimes of the SS officers, including human experiments and mass murder. Furthermore, it documents the escape attempts of prisoners from various camps. 

In the second part of the book, testimonies of prisoners are presented verbatim, including a report from a deported Dutchman describing the fate of a young Dutch female prisoner, No. 75,217, in Westerbork, and more.

130 pages. Minor tears along the spine. Front cover restored with marble paper. Good condition.