Gurdus, Luba Krugman.
Painful Echoes… Poems of the Holocaust
Imprint: New York; Holocaust Library, 1985
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
Softbound. 8vo. XI, 68 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Polish and English on opposite pages. Contains over a hundred black and white illustrations and plates. Poems of the Holocaust, from the diary of Luba Krugman Gurdus, translation & illustrations by the author, with an introduction by Martin Gilbert. Luba Krugman Gurdus is an artist and novelist, well known for her illustrated memoir “The Death Train”, which concerns her life in the Warsaw Ghetto; she immigrated to the United States after surviving the war. Her stark illustrations of the camps are on permanent exhibit at the Holocaust Memorial center of Florida. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Poetry. With handwritten dedication of the author inscribed on title page. Light wear to covers and edges.