Esther Mardo - Nazi-sadisten

Esther Mardo - Nazi-sadisten - Rotterdam - Uitgeverij Kerco - 1968 - 1st edition - [224] pp - Paperback - 13,5 x 21,5 cm.

Condition: Good - slight wear, reading fold, faint spots. Small ex-libris blind stamp. Neat copy still.

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.

Typical cover artwork with German SS officer who seems to be ready to spank a seductive blond young lady in lingerie and suspenders with a whip. "Esther Mardo" was, according to the publisher's information, a "Jewish writer who escaped the Nazis." (!).

¶ 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.