Search Results: HISTORY / Holocaust from William Robertson

London: Janus , 1995. Hardcover. Fair/fair. This epic book is born of the author's desire to tell something of the lives and deaths of fellow Jews in Poland under German occupation. It is both a genuine historical study supported by years of research, and a first-hand account, the author having himself witnessed many of the events he describes. Written in a conversational style, which makes the book very accessible despite the magnitude of its subject. Contains 440 pages, 23.5 x 16cm, plus map. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, signs of repairs to binding at some stage, some library markings. Black cloth boards in fair pictorial dust jacket. Internally, fair: shows occasional light stains, but generally clean, bright and unmarked in sound bindings. Not the best available, but a good reading copy.

London: BCA , 1994. First edition thus. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine/-. FREE UK SHIPPING. The remarkable true stories of many of the Polish Jews saved by Oskar Schindler, as portrayed in the award winning film and best-selling book. In their own words they recount their horrific wartime experiences; how they came to be on the List; their attempts to rebuild their lives; their emotional reunion with Schindler many years later and the legacy that will stay in their families for generations. A moving and inspiring tribute to both the survivors and to Schindler himself. Size, 23 x 19cm, 442 pages, numerous b&w photos. Pictorial card covers in near fine condition. Internally, near fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new.

London: Bloomsbury , 1989. Hardcover. Fair/good. Fair/Good. In this important volume on the Nazi occupation of France, the author shows how the active persecution of Jews was done with the active collusion of the Vichy government's police and administration systems. The initial indifference to the plight of the Jews by the French people is discussed, along with the change that came about in 1942 when they realized that deported Jews were being sent to their deaths. Also looked at frankly is the blind faith of those Jews who hoped to avoid death by assimilating themselves into the Nazi world. A major aspect of the book is the survival (at time of publication) of Alois Brunner, a Nazi living at that time in Syria, who was responsible for the deaths of 128,500 people, most of them French Jews, including many children. Size, 24 x 16cm, 192 pages, 8 pages of b&w photos. Red cloth boards in good illustrated dust jacket. Internally, fair: occasional stains, but mostly clean and unmarked in sound bindings.

London: BBC Worldwide, 1999. Hardcover. Good/very good. 1100g. Good+/Very Good Jacket. Published to accompany the BBC TV series of the same name. Detailed examination of the war on the Eastern Front between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union - a conflict which took more than 30-million lives and unleashed the Holocaust against the Jews. It played a major part in determining the outcome of World War II and shaped the face of Europe in a Cold War which lasted for the next 45-years. The author has made great use of previously unseen material, made available since the fall of Communism, to re-tell the story of this most barbaric theatre of WWII. Contains 255 pages, illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Black cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, good: generally clean and unmarked in excellent bindings.