Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, last rabbi of Dukla. Dukla, (1927). Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1899-1942), a descendent of Shinova-Sanz, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Dukla and Frysztak and younger brother of Rebbe Chane Halberstam of Kolaczyce. Married the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Rubin, Av Bet Din of Safed, and also succeeded his father as Rabbi of Dukla. In 1922, he published the second edition of Divrei Yechezkel. He and his entire family perished in the Holocaust. Witnesses at the time of his death told of a Nazi officer who demanded him to shave his beard and sidelocks, then in a drunken state burst into his home, threw the furniture and his books at him, beat him to death after which he burnt his home and books. Postcard 14X9.5 cm. Good condition. Approximately 11 handwritten lines. His own signature on the front of the postcard.
Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, last rabbi of Dukla. Dukla, (1927). Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1899-1942), a descendent of Shinova-Sanz, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Dukla and Frysztak and younger brother of Rebbe Chane Halberstam of Kolaczyce. Married the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Rubin, Av Bet Din of Safed, and also succeeded his father as Rabbi of Dukla. In 1922, he published the second edition of Divrei Yechezkel. He and his entire family perished in the Holocaust. Witnesses at the time of his death told of a Nazi officer who demanded him to shave his beard and sidelocks, then in a drunken state burst into his home, threw the furniture and his books at him, beat him to death after which he burnt his home and books. Postcard 14X9.5 cm. Good condition. Approximately 11 handwritten lines. His own signature on the front of the postcard.
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