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 6925375Review 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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