Overview
- Description
- Contains six letters from aid worker Ahuva Goldfarb, sent from the Caroulas Interment Camp in Famagusta, Cyprus, addressed to Dr. Mina Lifshitz, in Hadera, Palestine, 1946-1947. Also includes receipt booklet recording disbursements made to camp internees.
- Date
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inclusive:
1946 January 11-1947 March 01
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Collection Creator
- Ahuva Goldfarb
- Biography
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Nurse, welfare officer, worked in Caroulas Internment Camp, Famagusta, Cyprus, 1946-1947.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Extent
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1 folder
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Acquired, September 2011.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
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- 2024-04-01 11:41:26
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