Kenneth L. Schwartz collection

Identifier
irn39054
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.31.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

In 1946 Mendel and Frieda Feldman, Frieda’s mother Ida Altman, and their two children Fred Efraim (b. December 1942) and Irving Israel (b. August 1945) repatriated to Poland and later to the Steier DP and Wels DP camps in Austria; their oldest son Abraham (b. October 1940) died in the Soviet Union. In 1949 the family immigrated to Indiana, USA, where their children Charlotte Chinka and Boris Baruch were born.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kenneth L. Schwartz

Received by Jakob Schwarz (donor's father) in the United Kingdom from his family in Vienna during WWII. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Kenneth Schwartz.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence addressed to Jakob Schwarz in the United Kingdom from his mother, Taube Schwarz, in Vienna, Austria, including numerous Red Cross letters, and correspondence to Jakob from his brother Norbert in Vienna, before Norbert's emigration from Vienna. Includes report cards for Jakob in Viennese Jewish Torah School.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Kenneth L. Schwartz

Subjects

Genre

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