Overview
- Description
- Collection consisting of 11 letters and one postcard received by Gertrude Rubin [donor's mother] while she was living in hiding in France, after she was able to leave the Rivesaltes internment camp with help from the French resistance. Collection includes letters and a postcard written by Selma Rubin [donor's grandmother] to her daughter, sent from Rivesaltes internment camp in France, June-July 1942; letter written from unknown acquaintance in Rivesaltes, dated August 1942; and letters written by Erich, Rudy and Dohle (Danielle) Adler, Gertrude's half-brothers and sister, while they were living in hiding, Marseilles, France.
- Date
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1942 June-1942 September
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rachel Willen
- Collection Creator
- Gertrude Rubin
- Biography
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Gertrude Rubin (b. 1920) was born in Mannheim, Germany. She was interned in the Rivesaltes camp during the Holocaust but managed to escape with the help of the French Resistance. Her mother, Selma Rubin, was also interned at Rivesaltes. Her half-brothers and sister, Erich, Rudy, and Dohle (Danielle) Adler lived in hiding in Marseilles.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Postcards.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates--France--Correspondence. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- Geographic Name
- France.
- Corporate Name
- Rivesaltes (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Rachel Willen.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:24:07
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523645
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