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Szczuczyn, April 24, 1938 Letter with no envelope
Dear brother-in-law Lozer,
Thank you for your letter. Please, in the future don't take any notice that I
don't write and only Rywka does. As you know we are in Poland and a lazy lot and
the times are such that one is not always in the mood. But Rywka never waits and
answers immediately.
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Dawid (Yedidi)
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We were awaiting a letter from you and
finally it arrived. Thank God that since last Pesach till today you managed to
extricate yourself from this 'golden state' and find there such devoted friends.
I hope that in your next letter you will be able to tell us how you have settled
in Melbourne with luck.
Luck is paramount and you should be happy that you made the move. Look how
unlucky I am. For the last two years I have been traveling to Israel, Cuba, the
States and back in Cuba and as you say
it is all bluff. [He did not actually travel to these places; the intent of the
writing being that he wrote to his relatives there, and they likely said they
would try to enable his emigration there, but nothing came of it; hence a bluff, like the run-around.] I have lost hope to be able to tear myself away from
here through them and through my father. There is no other way. I must
energetically accelerate my efforts to achieve it whilst I still have the means.
This brings me to ask you dear brother-in-law whether it would be possible for
someone to send me papers to emigrate to Australia. Either yourself if you are
in a position to do so or you could ask Benny [Benyamin - Ben Rosenbaum] who
surely remembers me. You can assure them that it will not cost them anything. I
can pay for the travel expenses and if I have to prove that I possess 200 pounds
I will manage to do that too. I will turn to my uncles in the States for help as
I can't come empty handed. I'm fully aware that unlike yourself I have no one to
come to. Granted, you are there already, but I would only expect from you advice
but not material help. I'm prepared even to come on my own but what will Rywka
and the children do without me so it is wiser that we come together.
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[L]: Zelda (nee Rozental) and
Lozer Kajman, Szczuczyn, 1930
[R] Melbourne, Australia, 1942,
with children Norman and Morrie |
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Write to me what
are the chances with my trade, whether I will be able to begin to earn
something on my arrival? Or whether 200 pounds are sufficient to begin
some business, something you should know by now. I beg of you, write
to me in detail, without compunction, the full truth even if it means
that the information may make me realize that this window of
opportunity may be closed for me. I have written to my brother Abraham
in Argentina, but regrettably for now he is not able to send me
papers. However, should the immigration policies there change he would
be able to help. There are
only two alternatives for me, either to you or to Argentina.
Other than that there is nothing special
to report. One pushes time adding another year to life. The children are growing
up and one begins to consider their future but when I consider the reality of
our life how can one make plans for the future here? I conclude with best
wishes. Ask Zelda to write without waiting for you.
All the best,
Yedidi
Additional note: Yedidi owned a leather tannery business in Szczuczyn. Yedidi, his wife
Rywka, and the two children they are known to have had, Masza and Nechemia, born
in 1926 and 1929 respectively, were killed in Szczuczyn.
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