Taubenblat family letters

Identifier
irn518037
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.57
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 2006
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

2 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Selig (Sy) Taubenblatt donated these letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 2, 2001.

Scope and Content

Consists of a collection of letters written between 1937 - 1941, by the family of Meyer and Bajla Taubenblat of Staszów, Poland, to family in the United States. In the letters, they describe their lives and fears in pre-war and wartime Poland. The authors of the letters (with the exception of Meyer, who passed away in 1938) perished in the Holocaust. Selig Taubenblatt provides translations of the letters and family history information in his book, "To Remember: Letters from Staszów, Poland, 1937-1941." Includes CD-ROMs containing scanned images of the letters.

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.