Zina Alpern postcard

Identifier
irn77376
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.91.1
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn77376

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marsha Lederman

Marsha Lederman donated this postcard to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.

Scope and Content

Consists of one postcard, dated June 10, 1942, written by Zelda (“Zina”) Alpern in Salles-Curan, Aveyron, France, to Gertrude Wolf of Rochester, NY. On the postcard, which is torn and has a missing corner, Zina asks for news and expresses her hope that Gertrude will be able to send papers to assist with her emigration.

People

  • Wolf, Gertrude.
  • Alpern, Zelda.

Subjects

  • France--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jewish refugees--France.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Salles-Curan (France)

Genre

  • Postcards.
  • Document
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