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[Hilovitsh, Samuel]. Aronowski, Eliezer [Aronovski]. Glezer, Simha, illustrator [First Book Denouncing Buchenwald] : IN KONTSENTRATSYE-LAGER BUKHENVALD: PERZENLEKHE IBELEBUNGEN FUN SAMUEL HILOVITSH

Havana [Cuba]: Havaner Lebn, 1939

1st edition. Almost certainly the original publisher’s boards with dramatic illustrated color cover on front. 8vo, 93 pages, 24 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “In the Buchenwald Concentration Camp: The Personal Experiences of Samuel Hilovich.” Manuel A. Tellechea describes this as “the first book about and denunciation of the Buchenwald concentration camp.” A checking of OCLC bears this out, at least as a full-length book. Includes 7 full-page illustrated plates, as well as dramatic red black and white cover illustration, by Simha Glezer. Also includes frontis photo of Hilovitsh and 1 facsimile. Sub-title on cover in German listed as “Recht oder Unrecht dein Vaterland;” title also listed on reverse of title page as “In Concentracie Lager Buchenwald.” Tellechea notes that “Aronowsky, who immigrated to Cuba before the Holocaust, was our [Cuba’s] most prominent Jewish poet. He authored two books of poetry in Yiddish entitled ‘Kuba: Lider un Poemes’ (Cuban Cantos) and ‘Tropisch Licht’ (Tropical Light). Several of his poems were translated into Spanish by Andrés Piedra-Bueno, who also published a translation of Aronowsky's epic poem ‘Maceo’ [Habana, Cuba: Ediciones Bené Berith Maimónides, 1950]. He was also a regular contributor to the Habaner Lebn, a Yiddish daily newspaper that was published in Cuba from 1932 to 1960. Eliezer Aronowsky's greatest claim to fame, however, is as the author of the first book about and denunciation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, which was published in Cuba in 1939 (In kontsentratsye-lager Bukhenvald: pedzenlekhe ibelebungenfun Samuel Hilovitsh. Havana: Havaner lebn, 1939)” (2008). In her 2018 essay “Becoming Cuban in Yiddish: The Poetry of Eliezer Aronowsky,” Rosa Perelmuter further notes that “Aronowsky's forward [to Hilovitsh] conveys a message to his readers about the importance of publicizing testimonials such as Hilovitsh's: ‘I leave it to the readers... and may they take on the holy duty of fighting from now on against the wild beast…’” (in Splendor, Decline, and Rediscovery of Yiddish in Latin America, 2018, p. 208)SUBJECT(S): World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Re´cits personnels juifs. OCLC: 19309366. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide (NYPL, USC, IU, Brandeis, Harvard, NYBC, HUC). Very light wear to boards, slight toning to paper as expected, a beautiful copy, Very Good Condition. A rare and important dramatically illustrated Cuban Yiddish imprint. (YID-43-15)

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