Michael Wertman letter
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The letter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Ethel Wertman, the wife of Michael Wertman.
Scope and Content
The letter was written by 18-year-old Michael Wertman [donor's husband] in Munich, Germany, to his maternal uncle who was living in N.Y. In the letter, Wertman writes about his mother's death during the liquidation of the ghetto in Tarnogród, Poland, on November 11, 1942. He also inquires about other family members and his desire to start a new life.
Subjects
- Holocaust victims--Poland--Tarnogród.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany--Munich.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Tarnogród.
- Holocaust survivors.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.