Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
Scope and Content
Contains a letter signed by Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam (1905-1994), the first Admor of Sanz-Klausenberg, is addressed to Admor Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam, the "Shefa Chaim" of Klausenberg. Includes questions and observations about various subjects including Shefa Chaim's request from the Argentinian government regarding Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in which he expressed his opinion that it is preferable to leave him in Israel to be judged and not extradite him to Argentina; the Admor of Stropkov said that he doesn't understand why the Shefa Chaim involved himself in the affair.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document