Fritzi and Elizabeth Zinger correspondence
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Elizabeth Zinger
- Fritzi Nozik
Biographical History
Elizabeth Zinger, originally of Vienna, was one of the "50 children" who immigrated from Austria to the United States in May 1939 sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, of Philadelphia.
Fritzi Zinger, originally of Vienna, was one of the "50 children" who immigrated from Austria to the United States in May 1939 sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, of Philadelphia.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joyce Davis
Gift of Joyce Davis, daughter of Elizabeth Zinger Davis, 2016.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, consisting of four letters and a postcard, the majority sent by sisters Fritzi and Elisabeth Zinger, originally of Vienna, following their immigration from Austria to the United States as two of the"50 children" sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, of Philadelphia. The correspondence, dating from June and July 1939, is chiefly from the two sisters, sent to their parents, who were still in Vienna, and were sent from the children's home Brith Sholomville, in Pennsylvania.
People
- Kraus, Gilbert, 1897-1975.
- Kraus, Eleanor, 1903-1989.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Austria--Vienna.
- Refugee children--United States.
Genre
- Document