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TOKEN OF A COVENANT Diary of an East Prussian surgeon 1945-47

von Lehndorff, Hans Graf

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1964. First American Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition of this memoir of East Prussia during the final collapse of Nazi Germany and the Soviet occupation that followed. Written from the perspective of a physician in Königsberg, the book records the destruction, displacement, and moral disorientation of the war's closing years. Translated by Elizabeth Mayer. Introduction by Paul Tillich. 8vo, cloth. Near fine in unclipped dust jacket, with slight wear. Sharp copy.

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