Herta Leeds papers

Identifier
irn516819
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.124
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516819

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Herta Leeds

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Herta Leeds in 1998. the following is the provenance for the two objects in this collection: telegram: Sent to Herta Leeds by family via Western Union, February 1939, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Herta Leeds.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a telegram written to the Lichtblau Triangle Shoe Company in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., from a Jewish family ("Mutti Pings Familie Friedman") in Europe and an envelope from Cesia Kaufler-Morawetz in Vienna, Austria, to Herta Leeds in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Censorship.

Genre

  • Envelopes (Stationery)
  • Telegrams.
  • Document
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