Please can you let me know the date of the original publication of
Lord Russell of Liverpool's history of the Nazi War Crimes, entitled
The Scourge of the Swastika, in the United Kingdom.  Many thanks.

denton --

According to the British Library Public Catalog, "The Scourge of the
Swastika: A Short History of Nazi War Crimes, by Lord Russell of
Liverpool was first published by Cassell & Co., London, in 1954.

Here is the catalogue's listing for the book:

"Title: The Scourge of the Swastika. A short history of Nazi war
crimes, etc. [With plates.]
Main heading: RUSSELL. Edward Frederick Langley. Baron Russell of Liverpool 
Publication details: pp. xii. 259. Cassell & Co.: London, 1954. 8o. 
Shelfmark: Cup.701.b.21. "


You can access this listing yourself by going to the page at the link
below, clicking on "Search," then entering "scourge of the swastika"
in the "title" line of the search box (make sure that you have cbosen
the "All Material" search option).

This will give you the catalogue listings for seven editions of the
book, of which the Cassell-published edition is number 4.  By clicking
on the "4" you gain access to the complete listing I have quoted
above.

Here is the link to the catalogue "home page:"
British Library: Public Catalogue
http://blpc.bl.uk/


The fact that 1954 is the original publication is demonstrated both by
the fact that it has the earliest publication date on the Library's
list of editions and, most definitively, by the fact that the other
listed editions credit the Cassell edition as the "originally
published" version.  You can confirm that by clicking on the number
next to any of those editions in the search results and accessing
their complete listings.  All of them contain the following line:
"Notes: Originally published: London : Cassell, 1954"


Search Strategy:

I first went to the British Library site and performed the title
search described above, which led to the information I have provided. 
I then performed Google searches to assure that no inconsistent
information about the publication of the work appears online.

The first search I performed was the following:

"scourge of the swastika" russell "first published"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22scourge+of+the+swastika%22+russell+%22first+published%22

This search turned up a cached page of one bibliography that contained
a reference to the Cassell edition as the "first published:"
The Holocaust Needs a Liberal Imagination: Alexander Baron
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:W1Z2O0ezVH0J:www.freehomepages.com/itma99/kushner_3.html+%22scourge+of+the+swastika%22+russell+%22first+published%22&hl=en


Here is the second search I performed:

"scourge of the swastika" cassell 1954
://www.google.com/search?q=%22scourge+of+the+swastika%22+russell+cassell+1954&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N


This search turned up several references that cited the Cassell
publication as the "first edition," including this one:
Churchill Books: 
http://www.churchill-books.com/detail.cfm?item_num=14400


I am confident that this is the information you are seeking, and I was
happy to be able to provide it to you promptly.  If anything is
unclear, please ask for clarification before rating this answer.


markj-ga

The answer is very thorough and answers my question more than
adequately.  Many thanks to the researcher.

Hello denton.  I agree with markj.  As you can see from the two books
for sale below, the first edition is dated 1954 as is the second
edition.

"OF LIVERPOOL, LORD RUSSELL. The Scourge Of The Swastika. A Short
History Of Nazi War Crimes. Cassell, London, 1954. 1st Edition"
http://www.kennyscollections.com/Jewish_Studies_Holocaust/KWTWC.pdf

"RUSSEL (LORD) OF LIVERPOOL The scourge of the swastika. A short
history of Nazi War crimes. With 16 pages of halftone illustrations.
Second ed. London, September 1954. ( Or. cloth, with dustjacket. ,
XII, 260 pp.)  45,00"
http://www.antiquariaten.com/rashi/catalogs/cat000000506.htm

Best regards

THX1138

denton --

Thanks much for the rating and the kind words.

markj-ga