Edith Steinberg letter
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Ellen Ehrlich
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Ellen Goldschmidt Ehrlich, niece of Edith Steinberg.
Scope and Content
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.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Dr. Ellen Ehrlich
Genre
- Document
- Letter.