Abram Katmanowies letter to Trygve Lie

Identifier
irn516468
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.30.1 a-b
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

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.

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