35. [Written in the Lodz Ghetto; Featured in the Yiddish Book Center's Exhibit] Szajewicz (Shayevitsh), Simhah Bunam. Araynfir un bamerkungen fun Nahman Blumental.

…LEKH-LEKHA…[sic]. [LECH LECHA LECHO LEKHO] לך-לך

Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn, 1946. Item #13981

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. SUBJECT(S): 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-CCALX-'emm) (H-40-10).

Price: $200.00