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

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

Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn, 1946. Item #43433

1st edition. Original dramatic photgraphic covers, 8vo, 70 + [1] page, + 1 leaf. Includes facsimiles. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Poems. "Oysgabes fun Der Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn. Serye yidishe literatur, 1."
"Published by a commission [The Central Jewish Historical Commission] 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 an exhibit at the National Yiddish Book Center, which houses their copy in their Rare Book Collection).
The book 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. Crease and wear to wrapper and foot and crown of spine (see photo), better condition than usually found, attractive. Good Condition. (B) (HOLO2-110-36A-CCALX-'emm) (H-40-10).

Price: $250.00