Henry Brandys collection

Identifier
irn508615
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.243.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508615

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Hershl Posmantir

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Henry Brandys in 2001.

Scope and Content

Consists of a postcard, dated 16 June 1942, written by the donor’s maternal grandfather, Hershel Posmantir, in the Sosnowiec ghetto, to his daughter, the donor’s mother Chana Posmantir, who had been imprisoned in the Bernsdorf labor camp, a sub-camp of Gross-Rosen; Kreis Trautenau, since 1941.

People

  • Posmantir, Hershel.
  • Posmantir, Chana.

Genre

  • Document
  • Postcards.
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.