Mel Lichtig papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Mel Lichtig
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mel Lichtig
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Mel Lichtig donated the Mel Lichtig papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Scope and Content
The Mel Lichtig papers primarily consist of correspondence from Lichtig’s aunt, Hanke Lichtig, to her sister, Pearl Lichtig, in New York. The letters and postcards are addressed from Mielec during the war and Krakow and Stockholm after the war. Hanke’s letters and postcards relay greetings and wishes for good health and are occasionally joined by messages from Maks and Jozefina Lichtig. Some of the correspondence was forwarded to New York via family friends of the Lichtigs in Antwerp named Kartagener. The papers also include a document describing adjustments to Lichtig family property in Mielec.
System of Arrangement
The Mel Lichtig papers are arranged as a single series: I. Mel Lichtig papers, 1939-1961 (bulk 1939-1946).
Subjects
- Jews--Poland--Kraków--History--20th century.
- Jewish property--Poland--Mielec.
- Jews--Poland--Mielec--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document