Zinowij Tołkaczew, Kwiaty Oświęcimia [Zinowij Tołkaczew, Flowers of Auschwitz]. Krakow, 1946. Polish, Russian, English, French and German.
An album with 32 reproductions of drawings by the Jewish artist Zinovii Tolkatchev (Zinowij Tołkaczew), documenting the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. A numbered copy (from an edition of 1000), signed by Tolkatchev. Bound after the title page is an original lithograph, signed and dated in pencil by Tołkaczew (1945).
Zinovii Tolkatchev (1903-1977), born in Belarus, was one of the first members of the Komsomol (the communist youth movement) in Kiev and a member of the Communist Party. During World War II, he served in the Red Army and created official art for the Soviet regime. In 1944 he joined the Soviet forces in Majdanek, shortly after the liberation of the camp, and then joined the forces that liberated the Auschwitz camp (at that time he created the series "Flowers of Auschwitz").
[2] leaves, [1] lithograph, [7] leaves, [32] reproduction plates, [2] leaves, 26 cm. Original paper cover. Good condition. Stains on the binding and endpapers. Some stains inside the album. Stained and worn dustjacket, with tears (some of them open).