Babylonian Talmud. Vilna, 1928-1936. 17 volumes.
Some volumes bear stamps on the title pages and front endpapers: "Moshe Tzvi Freund Rabbi of Gheorgheni and the region".
The leaves of this set of Talmud contain hundreds of glosses from several writers.
R. Moshe Tzvi Freund (1913-perished in the Holocaust 1945), son-in-law of R. David Leib Silberstein Rabbi of Waitzen. He served as rabbi of Gheorgheni (Gyergyószentmiklós, Hungary, present day: Romania), from 1937. He was the disciple of R. Mordechai Brisk and of the Daat Sofer. R. Moshe Tzvi would frequently record his novellae on the pages of his books. From 1942, he was transferred from one camp to another in Ukraine, and was murdered on 6th Adar 1945, shortly before the liberation of the camps.
17 volumes (lacking tractates Berachot, Shevuot and Makkot from the full set). 40.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Dampstains. Wear to some volumes. Original bindings, worn.
Dozens of paper items were found between the leaves of the volumes: letters, Shanah Tovah cards, receipts and various notes (most of the notes belong to R. Moshe Tzvi Freund, and most of the letters were addressed to R. David Yehuda Freund of Netanya).