Abram Katmanowies letter to Trygve Lie
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Harry Pollackov acquired the letter in New York as a collector of Judaica. Harry and Jean Pollackov donated the material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
Scope and Content
The mass-produced form letter is addressed to "Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations" from Abram Katmanowies, a displaced person in Wasseralfingen, Germany. The letter asks the Secretary General to present before the meeting of the United Nations that said inmate is living "among my enemies - the murderers of my family" 21 months after liberation and to grant him permission to leave the United States occupation zone in Germany for Palestine.
People
- Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968.
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish--Germany--Wasseralfingen.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Refugee camps--Germany--Wasseralfingen.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.