Mrs. Shula Hamilton papers

Identifier
irn543385
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.43
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Shula Hamilton

Inherited by Shula Hamilton after Herszek Kagan's death. Donated to the USHMM in 1996 by Shula Hamilton.

Scope and Content

Contains a photograph as well as a letter and envelope (both laminated), addressed from Enrique (Herszek) Kagan, a Jewish refugee in Argentina, to his mother, Feiga Kagan, in Ostrolenka, Poland, sent August 29, 1939, but returned to Mr. Kagan in Argentina. The envelope contains a postmark from the German "Devisenschutz Kommando" in Warsaw.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

People

Subjects

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.