Unger family papers

Identifier
irn739735
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2022.164.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn739735

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James Altman

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by James Altman.

Scope and Content

Consists of a letter and its translation written by the donor's grandmother-in-law, Toni (Seckel) Flatow, and her husband, Max Flatow, right before they were both deported to Auschwitz in 1942. The letter was addressed to the donor's wife, Ruth Altman (nee Unger), and her family in the United States after they left Germany in 1938. Also included is a copy of a photograph of young Ruth at the Berlin Zoo.

Subjects

  • Deportation.
  • Berlin (Germany)

Genre

  • Correspondence
  • Document
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