Breakstone family letter

Identifier
irn77225
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.286.1
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn77225

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Richard Diamond, Marvin Diamond, Jon Meadow, Patricia Meadow, and Nancy Meadow, the grandchildren of Rose Breakstone

Richard Diamond donated a copy of this letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photocopy of a typed English-language translation of a letter written to Leah Breakstone and the rest of the Breakstone family after World War II. The letter, originally written in Yiddish by a family member named ‘Toba” (who seems to be a sister of Leah), describes the fate of their family, many of whom perished in October 1941, likely at Ninth Fort in Kovno (Kaunas). The translation was completed on November 13, 1946 by Rabbi Maxi Felshin.

People

  • Felshin, Max.
  • Breakstone family.

Subjects

  • Devintasis fortas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
  • Kaunas (Lithuania)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.

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.