THE MARTYRDOM OF JEWISH PHYSICIANS IN POLAND

New York; Published For Medical Alliance-Association Of Jewish Physicians From Poland, By Exposition Press, 1963. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. XI, 500 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Studies by Leon Wulman and Joseph Tenenbaum. Research and documentation by Leopold Lazarowitz and Simon Malowist. Pages 303-497 includes an alphabetical listing of "Martyred Physicians", approximately 2500 Polish Jewish physicians who perished during the Holocaust. Entries include birthdate, education, information about individual's medical practice, places of internment, date and place of death (when known) . Published by the Medical Alliance, Association of Jewish Physicians from Poland. The Martyrdom of Jewish Physicians in Poland is edited by Louis Falstein as a documentary of "the Nazi criminal attempt to destroy two generations of Jewish doctors in Poland and to eradicate them from the memory of all future generations. " It also contains a history of Jewish physicians and medical institutions in Poland from the 15th century to the Nazi destruction and data on the heroic efforts of the Jewish doctors under Nazi rule. Subjects: Jewish physicians - Poland. Physicians - Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland. Physicians - Poland - Biography. World War, 1939-1945. Homicide - Poland. Jews - history - Poland. Physicians - history - Poland. Jewish physicians. Physicians. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) . Boards show some wear, internally Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-39).