Mark Stern papers
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Mark Stern donated the Mark Stern papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.
Scope and Content
The Mark Stern papers consist of letters and postcards from Jacob, Erna, Tosia, and Manek Stern [donor's father, mother, sister, and donor] in Poland and Italy to Leon Stern [donor's brother] in Palestine. Topics range from everyday life (school, work, family business, health, and weather) to life after liberation, conditions in an United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) camp, finding work, disappointment, attempts to immigrate to the United States, happiness, and starting a new life.
System of Arrangement
The Mark Stern papers is arranged in a single series.
People
- Stern, Tosia.
- Stern, Leon.
- Stern, Jacob.
- Stern, Erna.
- Stern, Mark.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Refugee camps--Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Italy.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document