Telegram

Identifier
irn513165
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.175.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513165

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

The telegram was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.

Scope and Content

Telegram, dated December 1942, from Mrs. Benjamin Spitzer to Mrs. Isadore Freedman, warning of the wholesale massacre of Jewish children in Europe and requesting a meeting of national Jewish organizations. Mrs. Spitzer was the Chair of the Conference Committee of National Jewish Women's Organizations; Mrs. Freedman represented the Habanoth organization.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Foreign public opinion, American.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Europe.
  • New York (N.Y)

Genre

  • Document
  • Telegrams.
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