Author: Pushkin, A. S.
Title: Skazki A.S. Pushkina (Tales of A.S. Pushkin)
Description: Bairoit (Bayreuth), Germany, Lorenz Ellwanger (Approved by U.N.N.R.A. Team 186), 1946. First Thus. First edition thus; 8 1/4 x 5 3/4; pp. 2-72; brown wraps with black illustrations; small chips to corners and spine; gift inscription to title page; illustrated with three b&w plates; very good- condition. A charming edition of four of Pushkin's fairy tales, the book was published at a DP (displaced persons) camp in Germany, for the children of its residents. Millions of Russians, Ukrainians, etc. spent time after the Second World War at the repurposed concentration camps and SS barracks, governed by the Soviet, British, and US American occupational forces, between 1945 and 1950, before being forcefully repatriated back to their homelands, emigrating to the US and Canada, or committing suicide. Very good - .

Keywords: Children, Dp Camp


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