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Auction 50 · Lot 241
(Skulener Rebbe. 1898-1982). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead, to "Ahuvi"....Elya. Asking him to accept "a small gift with great love," plus blessings for success in learning and raising children
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $550
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
PORTUGAL, ELIEZER ZUSHYE
printer
12th Shevat
Place
Brooklyn, New York
Publication
1976
summary
The Skulener Rebbe remained in Eastern Europe after World War II and actively sought to repatriate Jewish children who had been hidden among gentiles to escape certain death. In 1959 he and his son (the present Rebbe), were jailed by the Communist authorities in Romania for their activities in encouraging Jewish eduction. After much political pressure, they were released and emigrated to New York three years later. See T. Z. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism p. 173