Ettelson family collection

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Suitcase
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676536
- English
- overall: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Depth: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ettelson family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn708879
- English
- 1934-1941
- boxes oversize box book enclosure oversize folders 3 1 1 2
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Ettelson family of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania, including Ralph Ettelson’s immigration to the Dominican Republic in 1927 and later immigration to the United States in the late 1930s, and his mother Itta Schimensky’s wartime experiences in Vilkaviškis before she and her daughter Rivka perished in 1941. Included is a small amount of biographical material, correspondence, printed material and ephemera, and photographs. Biographical material consists of documents related to Ralph after he moved to New York. Included are various address bo...