Fifteen letters sent to the holocaust survivor Zvi Brick while he stayed in a Displaced Persons Camp in Italy. New-York, Munich, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem. 1946-1947. Yiddish, Hebrew and some English.
Zvi Brick, attorney, director of the Jewish Agency office in Kovno. When the war broke out he put off the possibility of moving to Palestine and stayed in his town to assist Jews. After surviving the holocaust in Kovno Ghetto, he wandered to Italy and stayed for two years in a Displaced Persons Camp. Immigrated to Palestine in 1947. His son is former president of the Supreme Court, Aharon Barak.
The letters were sent mainly from official entities and they record the state of the displaced, the difficulties of immigration to Palestine, monetary matters, and more.
Among the items: • Seven letters from the general secretary of the Jewish National Workers Alliance, Louis Siegal. Typewritten on official stationery and signed by hand. • A letter from the secretary of the Labor Zionist Committee for Relief and Rehabilitation, Z. Baumgold, typewritten on official stationery. • more.
Enclosed is a Delegate Card, filled-in by hand and ink-stamped, issued for Zvi Brick as delegate of Italy to the Congress in Basel, 1946.
Total of 15 letters. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Creases, stains and folding marks. Filing holes and some defects to some of the items.