Yakov and Tosia Klinger collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nomi Koenig
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Michael and Nomi Koenig. The Klingers are Nomi's aunt and uncle.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of a letter from Yakov and Tosia Klinger in the Warsaw ghetto to Yakov's sister, Rozia Piotrkowski; the letter was written shortly before the Klingers and their young son, Sunio, were deported to Treblinka in 1942, where they were murdered. Also includes an original photographic print of Yakov and original modern writings by Michael Koenig, the nephew (by marriage) of Yakov Klinger.
Subjects
- Warsaw (Poland).
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
- Photograph.