Goldstein family letters
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Lounsbury and Jonathan Siegel
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Barbara Lounsbury donated the Goldstein family letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2010.
Scope and Content
The Goldstein family letters consists of letters sent by Hinda Goldstein and her children in Lviv, Poland, to her daughters, Marimtzia (Molly), Rivka (Regina) and Chantzia (Ann), who had immigrated to the United States. The letters, written between 1927-1941, detail the hardships and poverty of life in Lviv, as well as the desire to come to the United States and the fear of the impending war.
System of Arrangement
The Goldstein family letters is arranged in a single series.
People
- Goldstein, Marimtzia.
- Goldstein, Rivka.
- Goldstein, Hinda.
- Goldstein, Chantzia.
Subjects
- Lviv (Ukraine)
- Ukraine.
- Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine--Lʹviv.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Lʹviv.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.