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(POLAND). Spis Abonentów Warszawskiej Sieci Telefonow Polskiej Akcyjnej Spółki Telefonicznej i Rządowej Warszawskiej Sieci Okregowej rok 1938/39. [“List of Subscribers of the Warsaw Telephone Network of the Polish Joint Stock Telephone Company and the Governmental Warsaw District Network, 1938/39.”] Numerous ads. pp. (2), xxviii, (12), 540, (4). Browned. Original four-color printed wrappers, light wear. Sm. folio. (Warsaw 1938). THE WARSAW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, FOR THE YEAR 1938-39. This rare telephone directory, published shortly prior to the Nazi occupation of Poland, showcases the extraordinary size of the Jewish community living in the capital city. I n addition to Warsaw, the directory also includes telephone listings for many surrounding areas. Entries include a personal name, occupation, street address, and telephone number. A Warsaw business directory appears at the end. Warsaw`s prewar Jewish population of more than 350,000 constituted about 30% of the city`s total population. The Warsaw Jewish community was the second largest in the world, second only to New York City. When Soviet troops liberated a devastated Warsaw on January 17, 1945 some 174,000 people were left in the city - less than 6% of the prewar population. Approximately 11,500 of those survivors were Jews. (USHMM).