RARE first issue of the YIDDISH periodical that collected Holocaust testimonies from Jewish people, collected by Israel Kaplan (1902-2003) - an educator, Yiddish writer and historian of the Jews who helped lay the foundations for the systematic collection of evidence about the Holocaust and documentation of folklore and black humor of Jews in the ghettos and camps. 295x210mm. 36 pages. Softcover. Cover yellowing and stained. Cover edges and corners, and spine tattered and partly missing. Cover almost detached. Pencil inscriptions on rear cover and front inner cover. Page 5/6 partly detached from binding with worn edges. Some pages edge/s slightly stained - no damage to text. Some pages slightly dog-eared. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare publication of historical importance, of value to any serious student of the Holocaust, has sustained some wear, but is still in good reading condition.