Itzik Manger letter, 1943, October 13
Extent and Medium
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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
- Manger, Itzik, 1901-1969.
- Itzik Manger
Subjects
- Yiddish language.
- Poets, Yiddish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Genre
- Document