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.

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

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

Place

East Preston, Sussex

Publication

20th July, 1921

Description

“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.”

summary

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.

1p., 2 punch-holes along left margin, 4to

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