Letter of the Holocaust survivor Riva Ostrov, born in Kaunas, written in Denver to the New York Forverts editorial board on her experiences in Stutthof and on a death march, 01 April 1950

Identifier

5595874

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

O.22/4.3

Level of Description

File

Languages

Yiddish

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections1.yadvashem.org/notebook_ext.asp?site=sapir&item=5595874&lang=ENG&menu=1

Extent and Medium

Handwritten, original

10 pages/frames

Acquisition

submitted by: רחל אוירבך

Scope and Content

Letter of the Holocaust survivor Riva Ostrov, born in Kaunas, written in Denver to the New York Forverts editorial board on her experiences in Stutthof and on a death march, 01 April 1950 Her experiences in Stutthof; death march; liberation by the British Army; the letter was sent in response to the Forverts newspaper writing competition where Holocaust survivors wrote about their new home in the United States, My New Home America.

Subjects

Death Marches
Emigrants
Holocaust survivors
Jewish press
Concentration Camps

Places

New York,<>,New York,United States
Stutthof,Camp,Free City of Danzig
Denver,<>,Colorado,United States
Kaunas,Kaunas,<>,Lithuania

Genre

Personal records

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.

מכתב של ניצולת השואה Riva Ostrov, ילידת Kaunas ליטא, שנכתב ב-Denver ארצות הברית ב-1 באפריל 1950 לעיתון פארווערטס ב-New York על קורותיה ב-Stutthof ובצעדת המוות