Overview
- Description
- Correspondence, consisting of four letters and a postcard, the majority sent by sisters Fritzi and Elisabeth Zinger, originally of Vienna, following their immigration from Austria to the United States as two of the"50 children" sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, of Philadelphia. The correspondence, dating from June and July 1939, is chiefly from the two sisters, sent to their parents, who were still in Vienna, and were sent from the children's home Brith Sholomville, in Pennsylvania.
- Date
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creation:
1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joyce Davis
- Collection Creator
- Elizabeth Zinger
Fritzi Nozik - Biography
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Elizabeth Zinger, originally of Vienna, was one of the "50 children" who immigrated from Austria to the United States in May 1939 sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, of Philadelphia.
Fritzi Zinger, originally of Vienna, was one of the "50 children" who immigrated from Austria to the United States in May 1939 sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, of Philadelphia.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Gift of Joyce Davis, daughter of Elizabeth Zinger Davis, 2016.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:26:49
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn537261
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