Overview
- Description
- Includes a copy of a letter in Polish from Tzivia Midler (now Sylvia Kirsch) to her family in New York describing her experiences in Treblinka and Auschwitz. The letter is accompanied by an English translation. Also included is a copy of an American Red Cross letter sent to Poland by Philip Chaleff in 1942 to Anna Chaleff together with the response that Anna had been deported, as well as copies of several photographs of the Chaleff family of Grodno, Poland, biographical information on family members, and scenes of the Grodno ghetto.
- Collection Creator
- Philip Chaleff
- Biography
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Philip Chaleff was born in Poland in 1910. He immigrated to the United States in 1923.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Poland.
- Personal Name
- Chaleff, Philip. Kirsch, Sylvia. Midler, Tzivia.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Treblinka (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Philip Chaleff
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Philip Chaleff donated the Records relating to the Chaleff family of Grodno, Poland to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in hey were initially donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 1992.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:06:41
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503286
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