.LEKH-LEKHA.sic. LECH LECHA LECHO LEKHO
1946rif. 13981Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn 1946. 1st edition. Later cloth with original dramatic photgraphic cover mounted on front 8vo 70 1 pages 1 l. includes facsimiles. 21 cm. Poems. "Oysgabes fun Der Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn. Serye yidishe literatur 1." A committee dedicated to recording the fate of Polish Jews published this book length poem by Simkhah Szajewics. Written in the Lodz Ghetto it appeared immediately after the war in 1946; Szajewicz perished in a concentration camp in 1944" from the permanent exhibit at the National Yiddish Book Center which houses their copy in their Rare Book Collection. The book actually includes two long poems: "Lekh-lekha" and "Friling 702 " as well as letters and other related material. See David Roskies interesting reflection on this work and it's stunning photographic cover at jtsa.edu/torah/go-forth-the-grammar-of-remembrance. For more about the author-poet see Chava rosenfarb's essay on Shayevitch in Tablet Magazine at tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/the-last-poet-of-lodz. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Lódz. Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945 -- Poetry. Jews -- Correspondence. Expertly rebound in attractive black cloth with the original photographic front cover mounted on the front. Very Good Condition. B HOLO2-110-36-CCALXBB-'emm H-40-10. Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn unknown
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