1946 Literatura w obozie

Borwicz, Michał Maksymilian (Boruchowicz). Literatura w obozie [Literature in the Camp]. Kraków: [n.p.], 1946. 8vo. 76 pp. Original illustrated wrappers, cover art. A Very Good+ copy. First edition of this scarce postwar work by Holocaust survivor, historian, and literary scholar Michał Maksymilian Borwicz, documenting the role and creation of literature within Nazi concentration camps. Written in Polish, the text offers a rare contemporary account of cultural resistance and the sustaining power of the written word under extreme oppression. Published in Kraków in the immediate aftermath of WWII, this is both a literary and historical document of considerable importance. Inv. No. H5