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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0116 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 September 1943 Pagination: 6 p. : Height: 19.2 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Sylvia is writing on the new writing paper she got for her birthday. She went to see "Watch on the Rhine," reminds Moe that she has already seen the play. Calls this the finest movie she has ever seen. She says that for the first time you see in the movie a discussion of the Spanish War and the Germans and Italians fighting on the side of the Republic. Reports on family activities.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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