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Lot 541

Unzer Schprach – Iaşi, 1941 – Forged Place of Printing

Unzer Schprach – for learning Yiddish, arranged according to the alphabet, [Iaşi, 1941].
This booklet was printed underground in the middle of the holocaust in the city of Iaşi in Romania, by Eliezer Frankel, a Yiddish teacher in the local Ort school. As a camouflage, the place and time of printing is noted as "Warsaw 1932". See attached material from Encyclopedia of Jewish communities, Romania.
[17] Leaves. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, inscriptions in pen and pencil, detached leaves and wear.