Stefan Petriuk , D-24977
Langballigholz
Manfred Schulze , D-10961 Berlin
Historical documentation of postal and financial relationships in
the Ghetto of Lodz
 263
pages including the catalog section and abbreviated versions in English
and in Polish (65 pages), approximate by 200 illustrations including
over 50 in color, A-4 dimensions (21 x 27,5 cm), color binding, issued
1995, ISBN 3-928277-65-0. Single copies can be bought at the special,
reduced price of 45 €
(including shipurent) from the authors by sending an Eurocheck to:
Manfred
Schulze, Blücher Strasse 57 a , D-10961 Berlin
Tel. (Germany = 0049) 030 6929655 Fax: (Germany = 0049) 030 6925375
Review of the book
This
work is of a specialized nature. It is an attempt to gather the entire
knowledge in the area of the postal history of the Lodz Ghetto, and
particularly in the areas of philately and munizmatics.
 In
presenting their results, the authors are considering the numerous
publications on this subject which have appeared mainly in Poland and
have enriched them with results from further studies which became
possible thanks to the use of perhaps the largest collection concerned
with the Lodz Ghetto. They present numerous photographs and
illustrations never before published, they make possible the recognition
of connections and situations in the Ghetto which, 50 years after taking
place, did not lose anything in their meaning and expression.
Basic
historic facts are presented in the first chapter which describe the
organization and the functioning of the Ghetto and its mail.
Then the
authors discuss the German forced labor camps from the Lodz Ghetto and
then describe the financial and currency system. The fourth part deals
with postamrks in a detailed and clear manner and the fifth chapter with
postage stamps.
The
readeor will certainly appreciate the high quality of reproductions
which in the case of philatelic and numizmatic items are in color. Each
illustration contains a detailed caption.
For
collectors interested in postal history, for historians , and in
particular for victims of the Second World War and for their descendants
this publication which aspires to be encyclopedic, issued without
economic restrictions which should not apply in such a case, resembles a
chapter of a sad past which should not be forgotten.
In the
same seure this work is of a large educational value with the result
that it should be placed in libraries, in the hands of persons who are
concerned with history, and also in the applicable places of learning.
Fascist
structures leave traces which are presented here concisely. This book
adds to the preservation of these memories.
This
discussion of the book is released to be used and publicised.
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