Typescript of the translation of a letter written by Hendel (Borensztajn) Goldberg (the donor's aunt) in the Radomsko ghetto to her brother, Adolph Borensztajn, in New York.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 16551

Date: 1941 January 11
Locale: Radomsko, [Czestochowa] Poland
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Documents
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Steven S. Goldberg

Biography: Steven S. Goldberg (born Szlama Goldberg) is the son of Lejbus and Frymeta (Borensztajn) Goldberg. He was born November 22, 1925 in Radomsko, Poland, where his father was a merchant. He has two sisters, Rachela (b. March 12, 1923) and Ruda (b. January 15, 1925). The family left Poland for Canada on May 28, 1930 and resettled in Montreal. They remained in contact with Frymeta's father, sister and niece, who sent them letters describing their plight in the Radomsko ghetto. Frymeta's father, Chaim Borensztajn, died in the ghetto in 1940. Her sister, Hendel, was deported to Treblinka along with her daughter, Sonia, where they perished.
Keyword: CORRESPONDENCE/MAIL
DOCUMENTS
FAMILIES (WARTIME JEWISH)
GHETTO/OCCUPATION
JEWS (POLISH)
RADOMSKO
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Steven S. Goldberg

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