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The Vanished World - an Impressive Album of the Jewry of Eastern Europe - 1947 - The Vanished World - an impressive album of the Jewry of Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. Published by Forverts, New York, 1947. Yiddish and English. Rare! The earliest and most comprehensive photographic history of Jewish life before the Holocaust. Includes 540 photographs of towns and the daily lives of Jews in Eastern Europe. Most of the pictures were taken by the well-known Jewish photographer Roman Vishniac. A unique history book about the Jews of Eastern Europe: Poland, the USSR, the Baltic countries, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, which was published approximately two years after the edn of World War II. The book, which was edited by Raphael Abramowitz, commemorates a vanished world. A historical introduction on the Jews of Europe since the Middle Ages until the Holocaust, colorful maps and especially, rare ohotographs of Jews in towns and cities. The first section of the book (pp. 15-352) is ordered according to the geographical location of the Jewish communities. The second section is edited according to subjects: work, children, education, etc. 575 pp. 26x20 cm. Condition: Very Good. Original, red cloth binding with a golden impression. A woodcut by Shlomo Yudovin is glued on to the front binding.