Martikrok, Jankai Tibor rajzai ('Martyrs, Drawings by Tibor Jankai. )
Bekescsaba: Tevan, 1947. Portfolio housed in printed wraps over boards. Portfolio of sixteen tipped in reproductions of charcoal drawings about the holocaust by Tibor Jankay. Cover worn, but still in good conditon. Inside fine. Edited by Bela Zsolt 1895–1949) , Hungarian Jewish author of one of the earliest Holocaust memoirs, Nine Suitcases (Kilenc koffer)
Drawings by Tibor Jankay (1899-1994) , who was born in Békéscsaba, studied art in Budapest and Paris until World War II, when he was sent to a forced labor camp. Later escaping from a train bound for Auschwitz, Jankay became a fugitive, trading his drawings for food. Despite terrible trials, he survived the war and was miraculously reunited with his beloved wife. The couple resettled in Venice, California.
Price: €1,000.00