Sasha Kaufman letter

Identifier

irn693339

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2019.174.1

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn693339

Extent and Medium

folder

Creator(s)

Sasha Kaufman

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Messing

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Robert Messing.

Scope and Content

Contains a letter, possibly a form letter, with envelope, signed by Sasha Kaufman in the Landsberg DP camp, addressed to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie. The letter appeals to the United Nations to help open Palestine to Jewish refugees who had suffered in Nazi concentration camps.

System of Arrangement

The Sasha Kaufamn letter is arranged in a single series.

People

Kaufman, Sasha.
Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968.

Corporate Bodies

Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)

Subjects

Germany.
Holocaust survivors.
Displaced persons--Europe.
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe.
Palestine--1940-1950.
World War, 1939-1945.
Palestine.
Concentration camp inmates.

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.