Edith Steinberg collection

Identifier: irn709058
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Ellen Goldschmidt Ehrlich, the niece of Edith Steinberg.

Scope and Content

THe collection consists of a letter, two page, from Werner Samuel [and others unidentified] to Edith Steinberg, donor’s aunt. The letter, dated October 18, 1945, explains the fate of Edith’s husband, Siegfried, who was liberated in April 1945, transferred to Sweden to recuperate and died and buried in Sweden on June 6, 1945. Edith and Siegfried Steiberg were deported from Hannover, Germany to Riga, Latvia. From Riga, Edith was deported to Stutthof concentration camp in Poland and was liberated in April, 1945. Wallet, tan, in which letter has been housed [unknown origin].

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Edith Steinberg letter
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn713009
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains a two-page letter from Werner Samuel [and others unidentified] to Edith Steinberg (donor’s aunt). The letter, dated October 18, 1945, explains the fate of Edith’s husband, Siegfried, who was liberated in April 1945, transferred to Sweden to recuperate and died and buried in Sweden on June 6, 1945. Edith and Siegfried Steiberg were deported from Hannover, Germany to Riga, Latvia. From Riga, Edith was deported to Stutthof concentration camp in Poland and was liberated in April, 1945.
Wallet
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn713010
- English
- overall: Height: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Width: 9.756 inches (24.78 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago

Edith Steinberg collection

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Edith Steinberg letter

Wallet