Itzik Manger, handwritten letter. London, May 1946.
Itzik Manger is writing to you, the little boy that you have known and the great Yiddish poet, who is completely broken and sad and poor, being amongst the rich Jews in England […]my father died of hunger in Transnistria, my brother…lost the fingers of his left hand…and died of hunger and tuberculosis[…] regards to all who remember me". Yiddish.
Itzik Manger (1901-1969), poet, playwright and Yiddish writer.
[2] leaves, 32.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and slight tears.