Avigdor, Isaac. Treren Nisht Fartrikente [“Undried Tears.”]

(HOLOCAUST).

Antwerp

1946

First Edition . Yiddish text. Typed and mimeographed, printed on recto side only. Pictorial title-page. Binding simulating concentration camp uniform.

Scarce. Varied literary texts (memoir, poetry, drama, etc) all focusing upon the recent Holocaust tragedy and the author’s survival. Born in Sanz, Poland, Rabbi Isaac C. Avigdor (1920-2010) was incarcerated in various concentration camps for the entirety of the war, including long spells in Auschwitz and Mauthausen. Upon liberation he sought to rescue hidden Jewish children and rehabilitate them. Avigdor emigrated to the United States and in 1955 was appointed Rabbi in West Hartford, Conn., serving his community for a half-a-century.