David Ben Gurion 1971 Autograph Letter Signed - "Peace & Blessings"

1st Prime Minister of Israel.

Autograph letter signed, in Hebrew, to Nora Hauben, March 21, 1971, 5x8.25, sent from his home on his kibbutz in Sde Boker, translated:

Shalom u’vracha [Peace and Blessings].

I thank you – to my regret – belatedly, due to too many troubles – for sending your book ‘The Image of this Generation through Poetry and Songs.’ I read it with much excitement. Send my regards to your son. I am also a widower for three years already

Nora Lebenschuß Hauben (1918-2006) was born in Saxony, Germany. She survived for three years in a labor camp. In 1947 or 1948, she emigrated to Palestine, and lived in Haifa for more than ten years before moving to Ramat-Gan. Working as a saleswoman, librarian, and freelance writer, she was a founding member of an association of German-speaking writers in Israel. She married Robert Hauben (1910-1958). She wrote to many famous literary and political figures around the world and often received responses.