Solomon Mikhoels and Itzik Feffer to Rubin Saltzman in Thanks
- Description:
- Mackay Radio Postal Telegraph sent to IWO following Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee of the USSR (JAFC) U.S. fund-raising tour. SOLOMON MICHOELS, ITZIK PEFFER [Usually 'Feffer' or 'Fefer' in English] to Rubin Saltzman. "UPON LEAVING THE UNITED STATES AFTER A VISIT THAT WILL FOREVER REMAIN WITH US AS A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE. WE WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US. THROUGH YOU WE WISH ALSO TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO THE OTHER LEADERS OF THE IWO. THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF WE WERE ABLE TO TALK WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. BOTH JEWS AND NON JEWS. AND WE TRUST WE HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HITLERISM. THE JEWISH ANTI- FASCIST COMMITTEE OF THE USSR WHICH SENT US HERE HAS MADE UNITY ITS WATCHWORD, FOR THAT IS THE SUREST BASIS FOR A SPEEDY VICTORY. WE RETURN WITH MANY FIRM FRIENDSHIPS AND WITH THE MEMORIES OF CLOSE PERSONAL ASSOCIATION WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING ACTIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE UNITED WORLD STRUGGLE AGAINST FASCISM SO THAT FREEDOM AND CIVILIZATION MAY SOON TRIUMPH= SOLOMON MICHOELS ITZIK PEFFER."
- Date:
- 1943-10-18
- Creator:
- Mikhoėls, Solomon Mikhaĭlovich, 1890-1948 Fefer, Itzik, 1900-1952 (Feffer)
- File Name:
- 5276b29f05_14
- Identifier:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box , Folder
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University