Lot 467
Letter by Rabbi Aharon Kotler – Va'ad Hatzala Activities in 1942
Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Aharon Kotler to Rabbi Eliezer Silver. Nissan, 1942.
The letter deals with the activities of Va'ad Hatzala, which was active in the rescue of Jews from Europe during the Holocaust. Mentioned among other matters are a collection planned in Chicago after Pesach and amounts of money sent to yeshiva students in Shanghai and Siberia. "… It is essential to begin rescue work in Poland and Lithuania. There are practical suggestions how to act if the means exist and every coin helps, this is an actual matter of life and death and if we keep quiet G-d forbid…".
*Enclosed are copies of letters from that time, most are from the office of Rabbi Eliezer Silver, concerning the collection of Va'ad Hatzala in Chicago and elsewhere.
Letter by Rabbi Kotler, 27 cm. Good condition, tears to margins, folding marks. + approximately 35 leaves, varied condition [some on brittle paper, tears].
