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Jewish New Year's card sent by Hela Federman to her father Harry in the United States.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 63733
Jewish New Year's card sent by Hela Federman to her father Harry in the United States. The inscription on the back reads, "As a memory to my most respected father. This is my photo. I wish you a New Year that will bring you health, prosperity and luck."

Jewish New Year's card sent by Hela Federman to her father Harry in the United States.

The inscription on the back reads, "As a memory to my most respected father. This is my photo. I wish you a New Year that will bring you health, prosperity and luck."

Date
1932
Locale
Warsaw, Poland
Variant Locale
Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Religious Life/Weddings
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Hank Federman

About This Photograph

Biography
Hank Federman is the son of Abraham Morris Federman. Abraham (b. 1910) was the son of Harry and Ruth Federman, wealthy Warsaw businessmen. He had five siblings: Izhak (b. @1907), Shlomo (b. 1912), Esther (b. 1914), Yankel (b. 1916) and Helen (Hela). Izhak was married to the daughter of a department store mogul, and had a son Yosele. Abraham immigrated to the United States in 1930 to avoid the Polish draft after his mother bribed a judge. His father, Harry, frequently traveled to the United States on business in the hope he would be able to relocate the entire family. Unfortunately, he passed away in America on June 3, 1938, and when World War II broke out the following year, the rest of Abraham's family was still in Poland. All of the family who remained in Poland perished during the Holocaust.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Hank Federman
Source Record ID: Collections: 2005.392
 
Record last modified: 2005-09-13 00:00:00
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