Shoch family collection

Identifier
irn606774
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.463.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn606774

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Florence Shoch Kerson

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Florence Shoch Kerson.

Scope and Content

Collection of letters written to Hannah Shoch (donor's mother) by her sisters Nacha, Frieda, and Mary in Warsaw, Krakow, and Lvov in the years 1938-1941; in the letters the sisters ask for material help and for emigration papers. Includes photographs depicting Anna Dembina Shoichet (later Hannah Shoch) and Chaim Shoichet, later Henry Shoch (donor's parents) in Berlin, Hannah's sisters and their families, as well as Hanna's parents in Warsaw.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Florence Kerson

People

  • Shoch, Hannah.
  • Shoch, Mary.
  • Shoch, Nacha.
  • Shoch, Frieda.

Subjects

  • Lwów (Poland : Voivodeship).
  • Kraków (Poland).
  • Warsaw (Poland).

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.