Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Vaad HaHatzala" – Two Letters – New-York, 1945

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Two letters from the secretary of "Vaad HaHatzala" in New-York, Rabbi Ya'akov Karlinsky. Printed on official stationery of "Vaad HaHatzala" (committee for the rescue of Jews) and signed in print. New-York, February-March 1945. English.
Both letters were written in reply to letters from a person who asked to find out about a relative, survivor of Theresienstadt Ghetto. In both letters the secretary of "Vaad HaHatzala" writes that he cannot supply the requested information.
On the reverse of one of the letters appears a handwritten draft, from Edward Horwitz with an additional application to "Vaad HaHatzala" asking to get information about his sister, Hermine Goldbaum.
[2] leaves, 27.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah in Europe and Cyprus
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah in Europe and Cyprus