Ruth Salm Perlman collection
Consists of materials related to the Holocaust experiences of Ruth Salm Perlman, including a 1942 postcard sent to her from her family in Germany, while she was living in Denmark; postcards from the family who had sheltered her in Denmark (Aage and Signe Davidsen), sent to her after her deportation to Theresienstadt; a typewritten memoir by Ruth Salm Perlman; a copy of a document from the Danish Red Cross, attesting to her arrest and interment during the war; and a post-war book with photographs, compiled by Aage Davidsen, and describing their wartime experiences. Also includes pre-war family photographs; postwar photographs of the Davidsens, of Salm, and of friends; postwar identity and restitution documents; and handwritten lyrics to the song "Das Lied von Theresienstadt" [The Song of Theresienstadt], composed in October 1943 by Walter Lindenbaum.
- Date
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inclusive:
1929-2009
bulk: 1942-1954
- Genre/Form
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Photographs.
- Extent
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4 folders
1 book enclosure
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dana Perlman and Jeani Adams
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Record last modified: 2019-12-05 20:54:17
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