Group of Letters pertaining to family and communal matters in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 146
(HOLOCAUST).

Group of Letters pertaining to family and communal matters in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

Including (see below):

Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $650
<<*>> 1. Two Letters Signed from R. Yehoshua Moshe Aronson of Austria’s Union of Rabbis in the U.S. Zone of Occupation. Both addressed to the Agudath HaRabanim, thanking them for sending supplies to survivors for Purim and Passover. (R. Aronson later became a venerable elder within the Chassidic court of Sochatchev in Israel). <<*>> 2. Autograph Letter Signed by R. Ya’akov Goldberger of Szerdahely (Dunajska Streda), Slovakia, concerning an Agunah (chained wife). Szerdahely, 1949. <<*>> 3. Documents bearing testimony that the husband of an Agunah was last seen being forced onto a transport to Auschwitz. Bei Dina Rabah D’Kehiloth Ha’Me’uchadoth, Antwerp, 1954. <<*>> 4. Confirmation of Agency. Document in which a husband grants permission to an agent to divorce his missing wife in the event she is ultimately located. Signed by R. Yitzchak Meir Rapoport. Prague, 1946. <<*>> 5. Jewish Committee of Bialystok. Autograph Postcard Signed to Israel Lieberman of New York regarding missing family members. 1946.