Typed letter signed, in English, on headed paper, to Dr. M. Soloweitschik (i.e. Max Solieli) and (Shimshon) Rosenbaum, Ministers in the Lithuanian Cabinet, concerning the fate of the Mandelstamm Family and requests they be provided safety in Lithuania.

AUCTION 1 | Thursday, November 14th, 1996 at 1:00

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Lot 332

ZANGWILL, ISRAEL (English author, 1864-1926).

Typed letter signed, in English, on headed paper, to Dr. M. Soloweitschik (i.e. Max Solieli) and (Shimshon) Rosenbaum, Ministers in the Lithuanian Cabinet, concerning the fate of the Mandelstamm Family and requests they be provided safety in Lithuania.

“May I take the opportunity of congratulating you and Lithuania upon the new and happy turn given to Jewish history by the political recognition of our people.” 1p., 2 punch-holes along left margin, 4to

East Preston, Sussex: 20th July, 1921

Est: $200 - $300

Probably concerns the family of the writer and Maskil, Leon Mandelstamm (1819-1889). The period of history 1919-1922 was a golden age for Jewish national autonomy in Lithuania.