Bidspirit auction | I.I. Trunk Chelemer Chachomim, signed

I.I. Trunk Chelemer Chachomim, signed by author, Yiddish, illustr. E. Schloss, 1951 - I.I. Trunk Chelemer Chachomim, signed by author, Yiddish, illustr. 1951 Published in Buenos Aires. The book contains illustrations by the artist EZEKIEL SCHLOSS. Chelemer chachomim oder jidn fun der kligster stot in der welt: (maises fun der Chelemer pinkes, wos men hot nist lang tzurik gefunen oif a boidem fun a mikwe) 342 Pages. Hardcover. Good condition. J.J. Trunk (1887-1961), Yiddish and Hebrew writer. was born in Warsaw. There he became famous as an author and Bund activist. After the start of World War II, Trunk fled Warsaw and came to Lithuania. He was among those labor activists and intellectuals whose names were submitted by the AFL and the Jewish Labor Committee to receive visas to the United States. There he received a transit visa to Japan from Sugihara. After crossing the Soviet Union he came from Japan and then sailed to the United States in 1941.