Letter by the Oshpitsin Rebbe, Chaim Alexander Rosenfeld, Grandson of the Divrei Chaim

Letter by the Oshpitsin Rebbe, Chaim Alexander Rosenfeld, Grandson of the Divrei Chaim
Long interesting letter, handwritten and signed by Rebbe Chaim Alexander Rosenfeld, to his father Rabbi Elazar of Oshpitsin. Oshpitsin (Auschwitz), 10th of Tevet 1914. In the letter, he relates of the birth of his grandchildren as well as other family news. Most of the letter deals with the distribution of "printed leaves" throughout various cities, and correspondence with friends in the US. Rebbe Chaim Alexander Rosenfeld (1882-perished in the Holocaust), eldest son of the Kamenka Rebbe Elazar Rosenfeld, Av Beit Din of Oshpitsin (1861-perished in the Holocaust 1943), who was the youngest son-in-law of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. Even during the lifetime of his father, he served as Rebbi of Oshpitsin, primarily when his father was away. In 1936, his father immigrated to Jerusalem and established his Beit Midrash in Meah She’arim, but just before the outbreak of World War I, he returned to his city of Oshpitsin and was murdered in the Holocaust. Rabbi Chaim Alexander’s father-in-law was his uncle, Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Rubin who also was a son-in-law of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. Mentioned in the letter are his father-in-law and the birth of a daughter to his son [Rabbi Naftali Hirsh Rosenfeld, the Neimarkt Rebbe]. His daughter Sheindel, also mentioned in the letter, wed her cousin Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Rosenfeld of Rzeszów. Leaf, 28.5 cm. Written on both sides. Good-fair condition, stains. Wear to margins and to center of leaf.