Fountain Pen of the Rebbe Rayatz – Used in the United States – With Letter of Authenticity by His Daughter ...

Fountain Pen of the Rebbe Rayatz – Used in the United States – With Letter of Authenticity by His Daughter Rebbetzin Chana Gurary

Pen of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, which he used in the 1940s.
Marked on nib: "Warranted U.S.A.".
Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chana Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift... a pen used by my father in the early 1940's". The letter is dated September 10, 1989.

In 1939, with the outbreak of WWII, Rebbe Rayatz, his mother Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah, his wife Rebbetzin Nechama Dina and his daughter Rebbetzin Chana and her husband, R. Shemaryahu Gurary were stranded in Warsaw under German occupation, their lives in great danger. After several months of travail and wandering, the rebbe and his entourage reached the United States on Tuesday 9th Adar II, 1940.
Following a short reception at the port, the Rayatz arrived at his temporary quarters – Room 609 at the Greystone Hotel on Broadway and 91st Street in Manhattan New York. About half a year later, the Rayatz and his entourage moved to 770 Eastern Parkway, in the center of the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. From his home at 770, the Rayatz reestablished the Chabad Chassidic court and its institutes. There he met community leaders and activists, held private audiences (yechidus) with Chassidim, wrote letters to all parts of the world and worked unceasingly to strengthen and support Judaism. The Rayatz continued his activities for ten years until his passing on 10th Shevat 1950.

12.5 cm. Good condition. Minor damage.