OSTROWSKI J. - From behind the scenes of the bishop's curia in Leningrad. Moscow 1929, Tribune Publishing House. 16d, p. 320, tabl. 11....

OSTROWSKI J. - From behind the scenes of the bishop's curia in Leningrad. Moscow 1929, Tribune Publishing House. 16d, pp. 320, plates 11. broch.
Wraps rubbed, spine repaired, corner folds of final pages. Ex. uncut. Bibliot. stamp. On the front cover, date of issue 1930. Bolshevik pamphlet on the Catholic clergy, containing some of Archbishop Cieplak's correspondence. From the preface: "The Catholic Church is an international counter-revolutionary organization. In the system of world reaction and capitalist exploitation, the Catholic Church occupied and occupies one of the chief places. It is an instrument of spiritual subjugation and exploitation of the working masses." "Historical Notebooks" commented: "This book, in addition to an extensive introduction by the author, a member of the editorial board of the Militant Godless (the organ of the anti-Catholic section at the Central Council of the Union of Militant Godless), contains: the diaries of Father Troyga (from April 26 to September 26, 1919), the latter's letters to Archbishop Ropp (June 1919-June 1922), Ropp's letters to Troyga (1919-1922), Ropp's letters to Archbishop Cieplak (from July 14, 1919-December 14, 1922)." ("Zeszyty Hist.", no. 131, p. 205). Rare.