Jaffe family postcards

Identifier
irn500192
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0198
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500192

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Paul Jaffe

Scope and Content

Postcards (4), sent from Juda Joffe to his brother (Boris, in New York) and son (Juda, in St. Augustine, FL), appealing for help, written from Warsaw (presumably from the ghetto), March through May 1941. One postcard is sent via HICEM in Lisbon, asking for help in contacting various relatives in U.S. and urgently seeking assistance from them.

Genre

  • Document
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