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Auction 37 · Lot 273
SHAZAR, ZALMAN
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- $200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Autograph Letter Signed in Yiddish, to his parents and siblings in Russsia. Newly arrived in the university town, he describes his lodgings, the teaching-faculty, etc. pp.(3) + 1 integral blank. Freiburg, 17th October, 1913. * With Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew to “A dear and good friend” (Prof. Abraham Katsh), thanking him for conveying regards from Shazar’s brother (apparently behind the Iron Curtain in Russia). Shazar closes, “With blessings to all of yours in America and to all of mine in Russia.” Jerusalem, 15/XII [no year]. * And: Acknowledgment of New Years’ greetings by Shazar’s secretary on presidential New Year card. Jerusalem, 27.9.72
summary
Zalman Shazar (1889-1974) was the third president of the State of Israel. His surname “Shazar” is an acronym of of his original name Shneur Zalman Rubashov