The Mass Extermination of Jews – London, 1942/3 – First Official Publication about the Holocaust

The Mass Extermination of Jews – London, 1942/3 – First Official Publication about the Holocaust
The Mass Extermination of Jews in German occupied Poland, Note addressed to the governments of the United Nations on December 10th, 1942, and other documents. London, New York and Melbourne: Hutchinson & Co., [December 1942/1943]. English.
A booklet issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Polish government-in-exile, considered the first official publication about the systematic extermination of Jews in Europe.
The main document published in this booklet is the note addressed by Edward Raczyński, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the governments of the United Nations, in which he reported in detail the horrors taking place in Poland – the massacres, the Aktions, the mass deportations to the extermination camps of Treblinka, Belzec, and Sobibor, and even the mass extermination in the gas chambers. Raczyński's report is based on documents smuggled from continental Europe by Jan Karski-Kozielski, a Polish resistance fighter who infiltrated an extermination camp and witnessed the Nazi atrocities.
The booklet also includes several short documents related to the mass extermination of the Jews: the joint declaration by member nations of the United Nations, confirming for the first time the information about the mass extermination of Jews: "the German authorities, not content with denying to persons of Jewish race in all the territories over which their barbarous rule has been extended, the most elementary human rights, are now carrying into effect Hitler's oft-repeated intention to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe […] those responsible for these crimes shall not escape retribution"; text of a broadcast by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in December 1942, urging the UN and the general public to acknowledge the tragedy occurring in Europe and take action; and several other documents.
16 pp., 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor creases to corners.