Letter written by a Holocaust survivor in the United States, born in Plonsk, to the New York Forverts editorial board on death marches from Auschwitz in January 1945

Identifier

5596062

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

O.22/4.9

Level of Description

File

Languages

Yiddish

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections1.yadvashem.org/notebook_ext.asp?site=sapir&item=5596062&lang=ENG&menu=1

Extent and Medium

Handwritten, original

7 pages/frames

Acquisition

submitted by: רחל אוירבך

Scope and Content

Letter written by a Holocaust survivor in the United States, born in Plonsk, to the New York Forverts editorial board on death marches from Auschwitz in January 1945 The letter has no date: Description of a death march from Auschwitz, January 1945; 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 from Auschwitz and Birkenau
Emigrants
Holocaust survivors
Jewish press

Places

Plonsk,Plonsk,Warszawa,Poland
Auschwitz,Camp,Poland
New York,<>,New York,United States

Genre

Letter

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מכתב שכתב ניצול שואה יליד Plonsk פולין מארצות הברית לעיתון פארווערטס ב-New York על אודות צעדות המוות מ-Auschwitz בינואר 1945