Esther Mardo - De Joden van Lodz

Esther Mardo - De Joden van Lodz - Rotterdam - Uitgeverij Kerco - 1968 - 1st edition- 224 pp - Paperback - 13 x 21 cm.

Condition: Good - slight reading fold, some wear, faint spots. Neat copy.

Vintage Nazi pulp novel from the 1960s, written by 'Esther Mardo' - a pseudonym of the prolific writer Herman Nicolaas van der Voort (1900-1982) who used many pen names but is best known for his Edward Multon detective stories.. "Esther Mardo" was, according to the publisher's information, a "Jewish writer who escaped the Nazis." (!).

Typical cover artwork depicting a German SS officer and a young lady in suggestive position. In terms of theme (revenge on the Nazis), the story itself is reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino's film Inglorious Basterds. On the last page, the writer warns in the 1960s against escalation against minorities:

"We behoeven slechts even te kijken naar landen als Amerika en Zuid-Afrika, waar het deze keer niet de Joden zijn, maar de kleurlingen, de zwarte rassen. Er is bitter weinig voor nodig om die rassenoorlog daar, want een oorlog is het, te doen losbarsten in een even onmenselijke massamoordpartij als die wij hebben meegemaakt in de jaren 1933 tot 1945."

¶ The pornofication of World War II started in the USA with Nazi pulp releases in which the emaciated prisoners were replaced by beautiful women in bikinis and lingerie. Or in uniform as sadistic female camp executioners, 'Gretchens' who sexually went wild on captive American soldiers. In the Netherlands, this 'junk' (with precursors as early as around 1950) was published in the early 1960s by the Rotterdam publisher Hendrik Cornelissen (of De Vrije Pers), followed by Uitgeverij Kerco. Cf. Sliggers p. 221-229.