Overview
- Description
- Collection of postcards and envelopes written and sent from Abram (Helen Fruchter's maternal brother) and Szprinca Szlewin in Warsaw, Poland. All but one envelope dated 1940 and 1941 and last postcard dated 9/2/1941 censored, received by donor's parents in Brooklyn. Photographs of Abram and Szprinca and their three children, Zelman and Zelig (youngest son's name unknown), all of whom perished, according to eye witness testimony given to Yad Vashem, in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942; in German and last postcard in Polish.
- Date
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1940-1941
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen Fruchter
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Photographs.
- 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
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Warsaw (Poland)
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 2007 by Helen Fruchter.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:25:01
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524154
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