Overview
- Description
- Contains an introduction to the collection and other information about the Lewkowicz, Lewin, and Zissman families; approximately 178 letters and post cards written by Wolf Lewkowicz and his family to Sol J. Zissman, Lewkowicz's nephew, of Chicago, Ill., from 1922 to 1939, containing information about Lewkowicz family matters and information about the situation for Jews in Poland at that time; and 13 sound recordings, made from circa 1955 to 1965, of Sol Zissman reading the letters in Yiddish. Letter 179, written by Aaron Chmielnicki Carmi in 1945, describes Wolf Lewkowicz's last days before he was deported from Opoczno, Poland, to Treblinka where he died in 1943. A photogaph of the Wolf Lewkowicz and his immediate family is included in file unit *01.
- Date
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inclusive:
1922-1995
bulk: 1922-1939
- Collection Creator
- Wolf Lewkowicz
- Biography
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Wolf Lewkowicz (b. 1886, Poland) died in Treblinka concentration camp in 1943.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Group portraits.
- Extent
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13 sound cassettes.
- Extent
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2 boxes
- System of Arrangement
- Organized in the following order: File unit *01, Introduction and Lewkowicz, Lewin, and Zissman family information; file unit *02, Wolf Lewkowicz letters; and file unit *03, Sound recordings of Wolf Lewkowicz letter
Arrangement is chronological with some discrepancies
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- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-20 11:08:49
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