With a Camera in the Ghetto
by Mendel Grossman
ISBN: 0805236457
ISBN-13: 9780805236453
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1984
Publisher's Notes
A visual chronicle of the struggle for survival that took place in the German-established ghetto of Lodz in Poland during World War II is supplemented by a journal kept by a committee of Jewish writers.
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With a Camera in the Ghetto
Szner, Zvi (editor); Sened, Alexander (editor)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Shocken Books, 1977 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information) Offered by david's books (United States)
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With a Camera in the Ghetto
Grossman, Mendel
New York: Schocken, 1977. Second Printing. Coth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. 107 pp., illus. Edited by Zvi Szner and Alexander Sened. With text from "The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto" edited by Lucjan Dobroszycki and Danuta Dombrowska. A very nice copy in a very nice price-clipped dustjacket. ( more information) Offered by Spadina Road Books (Canada)
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With a Camera in the Ghetto
Szner, Zvi (editor); Sened, Alexander (editor)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. 70 photos taken in the ghetto at Lodz, Poland. Very large book, maroon cloth, slightly faded with tiny lighter stain at bottom front edge, 107 pages, light small smudges on first front end paper. DJ has photo on front and back with purple tint. DJ has light wear at bottom front tip, micronick at top front edge near spine. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.. Cloth. Near Very Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information) Offered by Callaghan Books South (United States)
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With a Camera in the Ghetto : With Text from "The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto," Edited by Lucjan Dobroszycki and Danuta Dombrowska
Grossman, Mendel; Szner, Zvi (editor); Sened, Alexander (editor)
New York NY, USA: Schocken Books, 1977. FINE stated 1st edition in a FINE pictorial dust jacket (price intact). Mendel Grossman's 70 striking photographs are accompanied by text taken from from "The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto," edited by Lucjan Dobroszycki and Danuta Dombrowska.. ISBN: 0805236457. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Grossman, Mendel (photographs). PHOTOGRAPHY JEWS POLAND WORLD WAR II GHETTOS SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS SOCIOLOGY. ( more information) Offered by Gordon Beckhorn -- Bookperson (United States)
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