Overview
- Description
- Consists of eight letters from Holocaust survivors to Isabella Leitner and her sisters in 1945. The letters presumably concern attempts by survivors to locate members of their families after the Holocaust.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
- Collection Creator
- Isabella Leitner
- Biography
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Isabella Leitner (b. 1921) was born in Kisvárda, Hungary and survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1945 and settled in New York City.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hungarian
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- 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
- Topical Term
- Holocaust survivors. Disappeared persons--Investigations. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Geographic Name
- New York (N.Y.) Loka Brunn (Hungary) Los Angeles (Calif.) Newark (N.J.)
- Personal Name
- Leitner, Isabella.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The letters were received by Isabella Leitner and her sisters from survivors and from persons from Leitner's hometown. The letters were donated to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Hadassah Rosensaft.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:59:51
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503318
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
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