Lonia Bork collection

Identifier
irn514457
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.58
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • German
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514457

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Lonia Bork donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Nov. 13, 2003.

Scope and Content

Contains postcards written from the Łódź ghetto, 1940-1941, to Lonia Bork's sister in Russia. Also includes letter written by Lonia from Hanover, Germany, 1945; and a small circular metal "dogtag" with "Halberstadt L.B. 1945" engraved into it. The "dogtag" belonged to Luba Gerszenowicz Horn from Aleksandrów, Poland.

Corporate Bodies

  • Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)

Subjects

  • (Łódź, Poland)
  • Hannover (Germany)

Genre

  • Document
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