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Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0036 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Typed letter signed Date: 18 May 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 28 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

Sylvia wants to come and see him on the West coast in August. Got home late from seeing "Mission to Moscow." Talks about the Trotsky trials and other events in Soviet history, and that Russia has to protect herself. Tells Moe he knows all of the story from having read the book.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Davies, Joseph E., 1876-1958
Huston, Walter, 1884-1950
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940

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