{"product_id":"out-of-the-depths-israel-meir-lau-2011","title":"Out of the Depths by Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut of the Depths (Hardcover in Dust Jacket with Dedication Label)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Memoir of Buchenwald's Youngest Survivor Who Became Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Out of the Depths: The Story of a Child of Buchenwald Who Returned Home at Last\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Setbon and Shira Leibowitz Schmidt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sterling, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2011\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781402786310\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sterling hardcover edition, 2011, in English translation from the Hebrew. With forewords by Elie Wiesel and Shimon Peres. Pasted-in printed dedication label dated March 2013.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's hardcover, grey paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine strip, in illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large octavo hardcover with photograph inserts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grey paper-covered boards with a brown cloth spine strip. There is a small dent or crease mark near the middle of the front board and a small scuffed, slightly frayed spot at the lower fore-edge corner. The fore-edge is slightly uneven and deckle-like.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is clean and tight, with cream pages and no markings seen. The endpapers show natural fibre flecks in the paper, which are not foxing. A pasted-in printed dedication label is present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pasted-in printed dedication label: Miracle Drive 3 Nissan 5773, March 2013, dedicated by Jonathan and Cheryl Smiedt; Neville and Hazel Kosviner in memory of their beloved parents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present and illustrated. The glossy spine carries a small mark near the foot above the Sterling logo, and the back panel shows a few small dark marks along the left edge. No major tears. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOut of the Depths is the memoir of Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, who was eight years old when the camp was liberated in 1945. Subtitled The Story of a Child of Buchenwald Who Returned Home at Last, it was translated from the Hebrew original by Jessica Setbon and Shira Leibowitz Schmidt and published by Sterling in New York in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold in his own words, the book follows his wartime separation from his family, his survival through the camps, and his emigration to Mandate Palestine after the war. It continues into his later religious leadership in Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe English edition carries forewords by Elie Wiesel and Shimon Peres. It belongs to the Holocaust testimony literature, and this copy, with its illustrated dust jacket and printed dedication label from a 2013 community dedication, will appeal to readers and collectors of Holocaust and Jewish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Israel Meir Lau\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsrael Meir Lau was born in 1937 in Poland, the son of the last Chief Rabbi of his town. He survived the Holocaust as a child and later served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003. 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