Yvonne Kohen Bourla correspondence
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tony Hananel
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Tony Hananel, granddaughter of Yvonne Kohen Bourla.
Scope and Content
Contains a letter sent by Yvonne Kohen Bourla (donor’s grandmother) in Istanbul to her cousin Estherina Scaloni in Salonika, Greece, dated April 9, 1942; Estherina’s reply on verso dated June 10, 1942. The letter is written on Vatican Embassy paper, which Yvonne Bourla was able to use courtesy of Julia Foskolo, a Catholic woman who was taking care of Yvonne's daughters.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document