Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, Rabbi of Visheve. Kislev 1940.

Letter of recommendation sent to the president of the Orthodox Bureau in Budapest, enclosed with a request for rescue (apparently from concentration camps). Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager attests that he knows the person and that the matter is life-threatening, closing with his signature.

Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Visheve (1885-1941), son of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. Served as rabbi of Vizhnitz, and later of Visheve (Vișeu de Sus), where he founded the Beit Yisrael yeshiva. A leader of Agudat Yisrael and member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
The present letter dates to the end of the Rebbe's life, about a month before his passing on 13 Tevet, 1941.

[1] leaf. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and folds.

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