Janet Szyjewicz Markman collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Janet Szyjewicz Markman
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Janet Markman.
Scope and Content
Contains a letter of recommendation for Gerszon Markman (donor's husband) from the director of the Heidenheim DP camp; dated February 20, 1946. Gerszon Markman was secretary of the camp, and this letter was written to wish them well on their journey to Belgium. They were stopped at the Belgian border because they did not have the right papers, so they ended up travelling to the United States instead.
Corporate Bodies
- Heidenheim (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.