Wolf and Gidanskis letters

Identifier
irn39587
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.111
  • RG-10.510
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tahma Metz

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Tahma Metz donated the Wolf and Gidanskis letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009.

Scope and Content

The Wolf and Gidanskis letters consist of letters written in Yiddish between December 1938 and April 1941 in Lithuanian. One letter was written by Yitzhak Zev Wolf and eleven letters by Josef Gidanskis to his niece, Esther Golde. In the letters, Mr. Gidanskis discusses pre-war Jewish life in Lithuania and alludes to the news he is hearing about the Holocaust.

System of Arrangement

The Wolf and Gidanskis letters are arranged in a single series.

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.