TLS in German, signed “Ihr L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, November 2, 1933. Letter to Lilly and Ludwig Lore, in part (translated): "I am disappointed that our meeting is not concluded. At the behest of the doctors I had almost a month in a very remote corner of France, cut off from each connection. Your kind letter, as dozens of others, I have only now found after I returned to 'normal' life. Even my wife who has come back to me now, will not reconcile herself with the thought that you were both so close." In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing and wrinkling, and a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge.
Ludwig Lore was an American socialist magazine editor and newspaper writer, who was later charged with having gathered information and secretly worked to recruit agents for a Soviet foreign intelligence network. His contact with Soviet intelligence seems to have ended in 1937, owing in part to the belief in Moscow that he retained ties to Trotsky's movement. A desirable letter between comrades.
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