To William Keyserling from Israel Ivenetsky (Cousin of William Keyserling), 1944-1951

He and his wife (Tamara) and brother-in-law have escaped from Verberie, France during World War II; he is writing from Barcelona (letters in English); thanks William for monetary donations and provides updates on the family's situation in Spain; expresses concern for family in Russia and France; thanks William for gathering information about his mother and asks for help getting information and goods to her in Siberia; mentions his brother-in-law, Victor Guinsbourg, who lives in NY; explains his health problems; expresses desire to return to France; asks for information about his mother; describes his return to France where they will live with his father-in-law; mentions his mother in Odessa (1946) and Uncle Mones; laments the fact that he did not take advantage of the Joint Jews Distribution Committee proposal to travel to the US (when he was in Spain); describes France's dismal economic situation and his views on the Arab situation in Palestine(1948); ask William to send clothes; mentions the cold war and "Russian Sovietism."