Lot 403
Letter Archive - Wagner-Runes Families - Strasbourg
Letter archive of the Wagner and Runes families, includes numerous letters by head of the family Rabbi Yitzchak HaCohen Runes Av Beit Din of Strasbourg. Majority of letters from 1937-1941.
The Ga'on Rabbi Yitzchak HaCohen Runes (1889-1940, Encyclopedia of Scholars of Galicia, 4, page 841), disciple of author of Harei Besamim in Stanislav. From 1927 served in the Adat Yisrael Rabbinate in Strasbourg. Upon the outbreak of World War II he escaped to Lyon (France), from there he attempted to immigrate to his children in Eretz Yisrael. Unfortunately, he passed away in Lyon on the 7th of Adar 2, 1940; his coffin was shipped for burial in Eretz Yisrael, however, due to war-related events was buried in Vahren, Algeria, and only in 1971 was transferred for burial in Eretz Yisrael. In these letters, the majority of which were sent to his daughter, Mrs. Penina Wagner of Petach Tikvah, his supreme efforts to immigrate and rescue family members by attaining certificates to Eretz Yisrael is apparent. Included is the last letter written he wrote, dated May 15th 1940, 4th of Adar 2, 1940 [three days prior to his death], which was sent to the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Herzog, requesting assistance in this matter.
Approx. 100 letters, telegrams and documents, including 46 postcards. Various sizes and conditions.
