mezonos maven- I will indeed do that.
to truthsharer- i found the original letter (on a different website). It is not clear when he wrote this, It must be either May 1939 or 1940. Probably 1940, as he is talking about leaving for the US-and before the invasion of Poland, this was not yet a priority.
However, there is one aspect fo the letter not quoted and showing a different perspective. He continues and advises the addressee of the letter (not sure who it was) to contact R’Shlmo Heiman- then rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath about this. Clearly, R’Elchonon was not sure what to do and he left it up to the addresse to make other arrangements. I am not sure what to make of this, except to thunk that R’Elchonon himself was not sure what to do. he was conflicted about the impending dangers but was still torn between staying in Poland and leaving for the US.
What I learn from this is that no one is a “navih” not even a great Godol and that everyone can err, and the gedolim of that generation tragically erred.This is not to accuse them-chas vesholom-of anything just to observe that no one is infallible.