Gerszmon Ronie letter

Identifier
irn5794
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.117.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn5794

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Gerszmon Ronie

Biographical History

Beyond what is written in this letter, not much is known of Gerszmon Ronie. All that is known is that Ronie was living in the Windsheim displaced persons (DP) camp in Germany in 1947. The Windsheim DP camp was one of the most overcrowded camps in the area. In 1946, it frequently had 3,200 inhabitants, despite having capacity for only 2,500.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Chris Valicenti

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Chris Valicenti. Further provenance to be determined.

Scope and Content

A letter written by Gerszmon Ronie, an inmate of the camp N1041 in Windsheim, in the American occupation zone in Germany. It is addressed to Mr. Trygvie Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, and requests that Ronie be taken from Windsheim camp and be allowed to live in Palestine.

System of Arrangement

The Gerszmon Ronie letter is arranged as a single series.

People

  • Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968.
  • Ronie, Gerszmon.
  • Gerszmon Ronie

Subjects

  • Windsheim (Germany)
  • Jewish refugees--Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--Germany.

Genre

  • Document
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