[Churchill, Sir Winston / Theodore Roosevelt / Herbert Hoover / Léon Blum / Sven Hedin / Alexej Tolstoi / Jules Romain and others].

Excentric Shampoo [Camouflage Resistance Pamphlet against Fascism and the November Pogrom and Kristallnacht in 1938 in Berlin – Germany]. This rare, original, german-language pamphlet, was deliberately published hidden in an envelope, disguised as a shampoo-sample and fabricated to have been published by the company “Lloyd Parfumerie” [Lloyd Perfumes].

[possibly London], Lloyd Parfumerie, [c.1938 / 1939]. Small Octavo (8,7 cm x 14,2 cm). 47 pages in vintage envelope. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

Chapters in this pamphlet include:

″Ein Waffenstillstandstag” [Translates: “Armistice Day”] / “Wer hat die Pogrome organisiert?” [Translates: “Who organised the pogromes ?”] / “Die Liquidierung der jüdischen Geschäfte” [Translates: “The Liquidation of jewish shops” / “Die wahren Gefühle des deutschen Volkes” [Translates: “The true feelings/emotions/sentiments of the german population”] /


Die Synagogen brennen” (″The Synagogues are burning”) /

This rare pamphlet includes information about the persecution of the jewish population in Nazi Germany and especially the Kristallnacht in the year 1938. This rare pamphlet was published immediately during the months that followed the Kristallnacht and lists responses and messages of support for the jewish population from internationally important figures of the time, like Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Count Baldwin, Sir John Simon, Lord de la Warr, Sir Archibald Sinclair, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harold L.Ickes, Herbert Hoover. William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth and Archbishop of Canterbury and many others.
The rare camouflage pamphlet [in german called “Tarnschrift”] also lists events held in protest all over the world like on December 2nd, 1938 at Royal Albert Hall, at which a large protest-meeting against the pogrom of Jews was held by 7000 people.

[Reference – Bibliography: “Deutsches Exilarchiv 1933-1945: Katalog der Bücher und Broschüren. By Werner Berthold, Brita Eckart” / [Translates: “Archive for German Exile-Literature – Catalogue of Books & Pamphlets”] No.1293 (page 129)]

• Keywords: Antisemitism · Antisemitismus · Catalogue No.8 – Judaica Collection · Exile · Exile Literature · Exilliteratur · Holocaust · Jewish History – Rare · Judaica – Collection · Judaica – Rare · Judentum · Judenverfolgung · New Arrivals · Reichskristallnacht
• Language: Deutsch
• Inventory Number: 31274AB

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