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Zaidman Collection University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives Ref: Special Collection Title: Zaidman Collection Scope: The personal library of Lazar Zaidman, reflecting his interests in anti-Fascism, Jewish matters, politics and economics before, during and after World War II. Dates: mainly 1920s to 1950s Extent: 336 vols. Name of creator: Lazar Zaidman Administrative / biographical history: The collection was the personal library of Lazar Zaidman (1903-1963), a leading London Jewish Communist of the period of the 1930s to the 1950s (for further details see the entry under Zaidman Papers). A collection of pamphlets formerly housed with the Collection is now kept with the Zaidman Papers. Related collections: East End Newspaper Reports; Mendelson Collection; Zaidman Papers Source: Donated 1985 System of arrangement: Numerical Subjects: Antisemitism; Communism; Fascism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews in Germany - Persecutions - 1933-1945 Names: Zaidman, Lazar, 1903-1963 Conditions of access: Registered readers of the University Library, or by arrangement with Special Collections staff Restrictions: None Copyright: According to publication Finding aids: Listed 1 The Lazar Zaidman Collection. Pamphlets. Allen, Elizabeth A. It Shall Not Happen Here. Walthamstow Press, (1943). Zaidman Pam 100 (Same as 100) 101 Andrews, W. H. The Nazi Danger in South Africa. Labour Monthly, London. 102 Anglo-Jewry in Battle and Blitz. The Woburn Press, London. 103 Aptheker, Herbert. The Fraud of “Soviet Anti-Semitism”. New Century Publishers, New York, 1962. 104 Aptheker, Herbert. The Fraud of “Soviet Anti-Semitism”. Current Book Distributors, Sidney, 1963. 105 Arnot, R. Page. There Are No Aryans. Labour Monthly, London.[c.1945] 106 Banse, Prof. Ewald. Announcing Germany, Prepare for War! Lovat Dickson, LTD., London, 1934. 107 Beimler, Hans. Four Weeks in the Hands of Hitler’s Hell-Hounds: The Nazi Murder Camp of Dachau. Modern Books, Limited, London.[c.1933] 108 (Same as 108) 109 Bell, G. K. A. Germany and the Hitlerite State. Victor Gollancz LTD., 1944. 110 (Same as 110) 111 Birch, Lionel. Why They Join the Fascists. People’s Press, London. [c.1937] 112 Books against Barbarism. Lawrence and Wishart LTD., London. [c.1934] 113 Bottomley, Rev. W. A Christian Looks at Fascism. Ruskin Press Pty., Melbourne. 114 (Same as 114) 115 2 Brady, Authur. The Poles, the Jews and the Soviet Union. Arthur Brady, Glasgow. [c. 1944] 116 Brady, Arthur. Poland: Fascist or Democratic. (1944). 117 British Jewry in Battle and Blitz. Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen, London. [c.1944] 118 The B.U.F. The B.U.F. The Anchor Press Ltd., Essex. [c.1939] 119 (Same as 119) 120 (Same as 119) 121 The B.U.F. and Anti-Semitism. (An Exposure). C.H. Lane, London. [c.1938] 122 (Same as 122) 123 (Same as 122) 124 (Same as 122) 125 (Same as 122) 126 Browning, Hilda. Women Under Fascism and Communism. Martin Lawrence Limited, London. [c.1935] 127 The Burning of the Reichstag. Relief Committee for the Victims of German Fascism, London, September 21, 1933. 128 Cachin, Marcel. Science and Religion. Current Book Distributors, Sidney. 129 Christians and Jews: An Occasional Review. The Council of Christians and Jews, London, October 1945. 130 Coates, W. P. Religion in Tsarist and Soviet Russia. Anglo-Russian Parliamentary Committee, 1927. 131 Cohen, The Rev. A. The Psychology of Antisemitism. The Woburn Press, London. [c.1940] 132 The Communist Party of Germany Lives and Fights. Modern Books Limited, London. [c.1934] 133 Confessions of a Nazi Soldier. Free German Youth. London.[c.1943] 134 3 Cope, Gilbert. Christians in the Class Struggle. Council of Clergy & Ministers for Common Ownership (CCMCO), Birmingham, 1942. 135 Crouch, A. C. Jews are News! Newman Wolsey Ltd, Leicester. [c.1941] 136 Davidson, Basil. Once Again? A report on certain aspects of reviving nationalism in Germany. The Union of Democratic Control, London, 1950. 137 Deedes, Sir Wyndham. “Anti-Semitism”: from “The Highway”, the Journal of the W.E.A. 138 (Same as 138) 139 Dimitrov Accuses The Nazis at the Reichstag Fire Trial. The Communist Party of Great Britain, London, 17/12/1941. 140 Dimitrov, Georgi. Thaelmann. The British Anti-War Movement, London. [c.1933] 141 The Disease of Anti-Semitism. British Section of the World Jewish Congress, London, May, 1944. 142 Dobb, Maurice. Social Credit Discredited. Martin Lawrence, London, 1936. 143 Driberg, Tom. Mosley? No! W. H. Allen, London.[c.1947] 144 (Same as 144) 145 East London Committee Communist Party. Europe’s Jews. [c.1946] 146 (Same as 146) 147 (Same as 146) 148 (Same as 146) 149 (Same as 146) 150 (Same as 146) 151 (Same as 146) 152 (Same as 146) 153 4 (Same as 146) 154 Evans, Stanley G. Christians in the World Struggle. Council of Clergy and Ministers for Common Ownership. (1943) 155 Exporting to the Middle East. Advisory Council on Middle East Trade, October, 1959. 156 Fainaru, Harry. Wall Street’s Darling. Romanian American Publishing Association, Inc., Michigan. [c.1948] 157 Fascism - Fight it Now. Labour Research Department, London, January 1937. 158 Fascist Murderers. Communist Party, London, April, 1945. 159 Forster, E.M. Nordic Twilight. Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1940. 160 Free German Movement in Great Britain, ed. Free Germans in the French Marquis. I.N.G. Publication, London, 1945. 161 German Youth. I.N.G. Publications, London.[c.1944] 162 Germany and the Jews: A Plain Statement of Facts. Jewish Board of Deputies, London, February, 1939, 2nd Edition. 163 Germany and the Jews: A Plain Statement of Facts. Jewish Board of Deputies, London. 164 Goldbloom, Sam. German Re-Armament - The Great Betrayal. The Australian New Zealand Congress for International Co-operation and Disarmament, Melbourne. [c.1962] 165 Gollancz, Victor. “Nowhere To Lay Their Heads” The Jewish Tragedy in Europe and Its Solution. Victor Gollancz LTD. London. 166 Gruber, Kurt. I am a German Miner. National Union of Scottish Mineworkers, Glasgow. [c.1944] 167 Guns for the Germans? The Union of Democratic Control, January, 1951. 168 Hackney Election Special. Dinah Kesselman, London, 1945. 169 Henry, F. Christians, Nazis and Jews. F. Henry, London, 1943. 170 5 (Same as 170) 171 Hickey, William. How To Help The Enemy. A. W. Howitt, London, 1943, (reprint). 172 (Same as 172) 173 Information and Research Department of the Economic League, Central Council. German Propaganda in Britain. July, 1939. 174 Instructions on the Building Up of Nuclei. The E.C. of the Y.C.I. (1924). 175 International Finance. Anchor Press, Tiptree. [c.1940] 176 The Jewish Fund for Soviet Russia. Souvenir Booklet. London. (1943). 177 Joyce Breaks Loose! by A Citizen of London. Published by the Author, London, July, 1945. 178 Kahle, Hans. Know Your Enemy! Aspects of the German Army’s Strategy and Morale. I. N. G. Publications LTD., London. [c.1943] 179 Kahle, Hans. They Plotted Against Hitler: The story behind the attempt on Hitler’s life. I. N. G. Publications Ltd., London. (1944). 180 Kahn, Siegbert. Werewolves. I. N. G. Publications Ltd.,London, 1945. 181 Kahn, Siegbert. The National Committee “Free Germany”: Background, Tasks, Men. I. N. G. Publications Ltd., London. [c.1942] 182 Lunn, James B. Treachery and Anti-Semitism. Hutchinson and Co. LTD., London. 183 McCall, J. J. Are we being fair to the Jews? Let Us Laugh Again at Goebbels. (1943). 184 Medicine and Socialism. The University Labour Federation. [c.1942] 185 Miles, A. C. Mosely in Motley. A. C. Miles, London. [c.1937] 186 Montague, Ivor. The Germans. What shall we do about them? The Communist Party, London. (1944). 187 6 Mosley, Oswald. “British Union” for British Race: 10 Points of Fascist and National Socialist Policy. The B. U. F. Publications, Ltd., London. [c.1935] 188 Mosley, Oswald. 10 Points of Fascism. The B. U. F. Publications, Ltd., London. [c.1935] 189 Napalm. Science for Peace, London, 1952. 190 Needham, Joseph. The Nazi Attack on International Science. C. A. Watts and Co. Limited, London, 1941. 191 The Oberfohren Memorandum. German Information Bureau, London. [c.1934] 192 Payne, W. A London Busman Reports on Fascism. The European Workers’ Anti-Fascist Congress, British Delegation Committee. [c.1934] 193 Perlo, Victor. Israel and Dollar Diplomacy. New Century Publishers, New York,1953. 194 Persecution of the Jews. His Majesty’s Stationary Office, London. (1942). 195 (Same as 195) 196 (Same as 195) 197 Piatnitsky, O. The Present Situation in Germany. Modern Books Ltd., London, 1933. 198 Pritt, D. N. The Mosley Case. Evans, Spencer and Co., Ltd. London. [c.1944] 199 Pritt, D. N. Germay - peace or war? New Central European Observer. (1952). 200 Putterill, Jack. The Church and Common Ownership. C.C.M.C.O., Birmingham, 1944. 201 Ratcliffe, Alexander. The Truth about the Jews! Alexander Radcliffe, Bearsden, 1943. 202 Rathbone, Eleanor F. Falsehoods and Facts about the Jews. Victor Gollancz LTD., London, 1944. 203 (Same as 203) 204 Rose,Arnold. The Roots of Prejudice. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1951. 205 7 Rosencrantz, Heinz et al. The Truth about Life in the German Democratic Republic. Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries of the German Democratic Republic. Berlin, 1955. 206 Schaffer, Gordon. Germany - the threat and the peaceful alternative. The British Peace Committee, London. [c.1954] 207 Schaffer, Gordon. Can the German People Revolt? Allies Inside Germany, London, 1944. 208 Schmidt, Heinz. Goebbels and the 2nd Front. I. N. G. Publications, Ltd. London. [c.1943] 209 Sharf, Dr. Andrew. Nazi Racialism and the British Press 1933 - 1945. The World Jewish Congress, British Section, London, 1963. 210 The Shots of Prague. Czechoslovak - British Friendship Club, London, July 1942. 211 Simonov, Constantine. The Lublin Extermination Camp. Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1944. 212 Simonov, Konstantine. The Death Factory Near Lubin. Daily Worker League, London. [c.1945] 213 Soviet Jews: Fact and Fiction.
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