Rose Hudak correspondence

Identifier
irn98053
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.280.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn98053

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nadia H. Pelaia

Received by Rose Violet Magyar Hudak, Beaver Falls, PA in June 1945 from her pen pal Sgt. Charles F. Kovacich in Germany. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Nadia H. Pelaia

Scope and Content

Contains a letter, four pages, dated June 7, 1945, addressed to Mrs. Rose Hudak (donor's mother) from Sgt. Chas. F. Kovacich, while he was serving with Co. C, 13th Infantry of the US Army in Wilhemhousen, Germany. In the letter, he writes about liberation of an unnamed concentration camp, reburial of the victims, and the forced confrontation of atrocities by local residents; Wilhemhousen, Germany; in English. Includes the envelope in which the letter was mailed.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Nadia H. Pelaia

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

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