Abramo Segre letter

Identifier
irn501266
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0068
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Italian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Scope and Content

Contains a photocopy of a newspaper clipping, from an unidentified Italian newspaper, with English translation. The article reprints the text of a letter from a man (Abramo Segre) who wrote to his fiancee during his deportation journey, and threw the letter out of the train, where it was eventually delivered to his fiancee. Segre was ultimately killed at Auschwitz.

Genre

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.