Rokeach, Aaron (Grand Rabbi of Belz, 1880-1957).

AUCTION 54 | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Rokeach, Aaron (Grand Rabbi of Belz, 1880-1957).

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Edited by Menachem Aaron Leibovitch. Issued by Chevrath Tiphereth Bachurim. pp. 28. Lightly browned. Original printed wrappers. 8vo.

Budapest: Widow and Orphans of Nachum Uri Eisler 1944

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

Text of a seemingly tragic sermon delivered immediately prior to the escape of the Grand Rabbi of Belz from Hungary, to the safety of Palestine. Within the sermon (pp. 18-19) the Rebbe assures his followers that Hungarian Jewry will remain safe from the horrors that had befallen the Jews elsewhere in Europe. Of course within months almost a half-million Hungarian Jews were savagely murdered by the Germans via massive deportations to Auschwitz.