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By Appel Auction
Aug 10, 2021
Pomona NY 10970, United States
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LOT 272:

A bloody esaay written by the famous Gaon Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandel of Nitra.

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A bloody esaay written by the famous Gaon Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandel of Nitra.

A Gut wrenching essay written with the blood of his heart. Where he details some of his many efforts to save his brethren in the Holocaust.


''15 years have passed from that dreadful day in the month of Tamuz of  1942, but the pen still refuses to write the truth, because  the truth is so bitter & incomprehensible'' ....



Printed afterwards in his famous work 'Min Hameitzar' with many changen in content as well as layout.


He also erased some of it by running a line through th text & marked with  a X where every paragraph should finish.


2 sides, 21.5 X 28 Cm. Filing holes.


From the estate of a close disciple who worked at the time at the printing press set up in the Yeshiva.





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