This Was Lidice by Gustav Holm (First Edition with Inscription), 1943 📜🇨🇿⚔️ swan pair represents the publishing standards of

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This Was Lidice by Gustav Holm (First Edition with Inscription), 1943 📜🇨🇿⚔️ swan pair represents the publishing standards of1. Introduction This is a first edition of This Was Lidice, a historical document by Gustav Holm. Published in 1943 by G. P. Putnams Sons, this book is a testimony to one of the acts of retribution in World War II. This volume has a personal inscription from a previous owner. 2. About the Book This Was Lidice recounts the true story of the Nazi atrocity against the Czech village of Lidice in 1942. The book provides a detailed narrative of the events