Itzik Manger letter, 1943, October 13

Identifier
irn45901
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.419.2
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn45901

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Itzik Manger

Biographical History

Yiddish poet and playwright, originally from Czernowitz (Chernivtsi), Bukovina. Best known for his poetry published in Warsaw during the 1920s and 1930s, as well as his plays that re-worked Biblical stories and themes from this same time period. Emigrated to France, North Africa, England, and then to Israel.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund

Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.

Acquired, December 2011.

Scope and Content

Typescript letter, written by Manger to a Mr. Fried, in London, 13 October 1943. Discusses the fate of the writer Alfred Sperber, the future of the Yiddish language, and the Holocaust.

People

  • Itzik Manger
  • Manger, Itzik, 1901-1969.

Subjects

  • Poets, Yiddish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Yiddish language.

Genre

  • Document
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