Bidspirit auction | Joel Mestboim – Sixty Days

Joel Mestboim – Sixty Days in Hitler’s Poland. Tel Aviv: Davar Publishing, 1940, 133 pages - First and very rare edition of “Sixty Days in Hitler’s Poland” by Joel Mestboim, published in Tel Aviv by Davar in 1940 (5700) – only a few months after the outbreak of WWII. This work represents an exceptionally early Hebrew testimony, written by a direct eyewitness to the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939. The narrative captures the atmosphere of terror, destruction, and despair among civilians, including the Jewish population, at the very dawn of the Holocaust.  • Author: Joel Mestboim  • Translated by Yaakov Kofman  • Publisher: Davar, Tel Aviv  • Year: 1940 (5700)  • 133 pages  • Original softcover binding Condition: Good, with age toning, staining and minor wear to covers. Internally well-preserved. This is one of the earliest Hebrew publications documenting the Nazi occupation of Poland, issued in Mandatory Palestine while the war was still unfolding. Such contemporary testimonies are of extreme rarity and high demand among collectors of Holocaust history, Jewish studies, and early wartime publications.