Sasha Kaufman letter
Extent and Medium
folder
1
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
- Document
- Correspondence.
- Letter.
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