Goldstein family letters

Identifier
irn39769
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.106
  • RG-10.507
Dates
1 Jan 1927 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • 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 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.

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