Alfred J. Kahn papers

Identifier
irn42472
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.397.2 a-b
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42472

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alfred J. Kahn

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Dr. Alfred J. Kahn

Scope and Content

Letter (a) written by Dovid Paltsey, donor's paternal great uncle in Moscow to donor's father, Joseph Kahn in Florida. In his letter, mailed on February 4, 1948, Dovid Paltsev described the fate of the family in Velizh (about 140 hm from Smolensk) where out of approximately 2,000 Jews only 20 survived the Holocaust. He named each member of the family who was murdered by the Germans and the few who were lucky to avoid the massacre. In Yiddish; with envelope (b).

Genre

  • Document
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