Josef Wajs letter

Identifier
irn516542
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.121
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516542

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Manny Wise

Written to donor's father from the American Consul in Berlin, April 1939, Berlin, Germany. Inherited by Manny Wise, July 1989. oThe letter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Manny Wise in 1996.

Scope and Content

The letter was written by the Ameican Consul in Belgium, R.M. de Lambert, to Josef Wajs (donor's father) during the Holocaust informing him that he has been put on the waiting list for immigration to the United States since the immigration quota from Poland has already been met.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Department of State

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Diplomatic and consular services
  • Antwerp (Belgium)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Genre

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.