E. Symchoni [i.e. Simchah Elberg]. Vander-Veg.

(HOLOCAUST).

J.M. Ellenberg

Shanghai

1942

FIRST EDITION. Yiddish text. Introduction by Dr. A. Kaufman.

Scarce. Slim booklet of poems concerning the slaughter of Jews in Europe and the author’s wanderings across the globe seeking safety. “Three lands have spit me out as the ocean spits out a dead body after a storm” (p. 19). Rabbi Simcha Elberg (1915-95), was a renowned Polish Talmudic scholar who also wrote a number of poetic works under the pseudonym “E. Symchoni.” Upon arrival to the United States in 1947 he served as a member of the executive committee of Agudath Israel of America.