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Sasha Kaufman letter

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.174.1

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Overview

Description: Contains a letter, possibly a form letter, with envelope, signed by Sasha Kaufman in the Landsberg DP camp, addressed to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie. The letter appeals to the United Nations to help open Palestine to Jewish refugees who had suffered in Nazi concentration camps.
Date: creation: 1947 April 25
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Messing
Collection Creator: Sasha Kaufman

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Letter. Correspondence.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Sasha Kaufamn letter is arranged in a single series.

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

Topical Term: Displaced persons--Europe. Palestine--1940-1950. Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe.
Geographic Name: Palestine. Germany.
Personal Name: Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968. Kaufman, Sasha.
Corporate Name: Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Robert Messing.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Record last modified:: 2023-02-24 14:37:18
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