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Category: Translation - Yiddish
Approval Date: 9/2/2026 7:03 PM
Family Surname: addressee: Meir Erteschik
Country: Poland
Town: Tarnow
Date of Image: 12.6.1936

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This is a personal letter dated 12 June 1936, apparently written in Yiddish and addressed to my father, Meir Erteschik. I would be particularly grateful for a transcription of the original Yiddish, rather than only an English translation. Please indicate any words, personal names, or place names whose reading is uncertain. I would also very much like to identify the writer; I believe his first name may have been Moshe, but I am not certain.

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9/3/2026 9:50 AM

The page you posted on the left here is not Yiddish in my opinion. Maybe it's Russian??? On the right it is in Yiddish, and I can see page 1 is on the reverse. Maybe repost this showing the two sides to that page, but omit the one on the left.

9/6/2026 8:21 AM

The writing on the left is very mysterious, maybe it's a code? The letter on the right is more German than Yiddish so I'll give the transcription in the German alphabet with Yiddish words translated in curly brackets.

zugeklebt werden worauf der (...)gel, dass die Valuten {currency exchange} Kontrolle durchgeführt würde gegeben wird.
Ich würde dir sehr verbunden sein wenn du mir auch mitteilen würdest was hat Aharon aus Erez Israel schreibt und wie er die Lage auffasst.
Hast du vielleicht auch die Absicht nach Marienbad zu kommen, es würde mich ungemein freuen mit dir (...) amol {sometime} zusammenzukommen. Wahrscheinlich wird Aharon und Familie auch nach Europa kommen, hat er schon derwegen geschrieben und wann will er da sein?
Ist Hannah mit Familie bereits in Erez Israel oder noch immer in Wien?
Meinen ursprünglichen Plan, mich in EI geschäftlich zu betätigen habe ich momentan aufgegeben, wahrscheinlich werde ich mir ein Haus für vier bis fünftausend Pfund kaufen und davon leben, da ich der physische(n) Arbeit, überhaupt dort nichtmehr geeignet bin.
Ich hoffe dass es dir sowie deine(n) l(ieben) Frau und Kind sehr gut geht und würde es mich (fr)euen dies von dir zu hören.
Ich erwarte deine baldigste(n) ausführliche(n) Nachrichten und begrüße dich sowie l(iebe) Familie auch von Seiten meiner Angehörigen.
Freundschaftlichst,
Dein Mosche

9/9/2026 1:41 AM

The left side is a mystery, but given the placement of punctuation marks, it's written right to left.

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Submitted by Nomi Erteschik-Shir

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Submitted by Nomi Erteschik-Shir