Overview
- Description
- Copy of a 5 page typewritten letter describing the experiences of the Leeser family, originally from Germany, while in hiding during the Holocaust in the Netherlands. The letter was authored in June 1945 by Ella Menke Leeser and her daughter Yonny and sent to relatives in Argentina. The letter contains information about the various Dutch aid givers and unique circumstances in which Ella and her two children, George and Yonny, were able to survive.
- Date
-
creation:
10 June 1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Maureen Henderson
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Extent
-
1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
- Copyright Holder
- Maureen Henderson
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust survivors--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
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 Maureen Henderson, the granddaughter of Ella Menke Leeser.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-01 15:46:03
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn709412
Download & Licensing
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- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
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