Arpad Stern letter

Identifier
irn25528
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.44.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn25528

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Arpad Stern

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Roy Saltman

Written by Arpad Stern (donor's great uncle) to Salomon Stern (donor's grandfather), December 1943, Rimaszecs, Hungary. Received by Salomon Stern, July 1944, New York, New York. Given to Roy Saltman, 1944. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Roy G. Saltman.

Scope and Content

Contains a Red Cross letter written by Arpad Stern (donor's great uncle) to Salomon Stern (donor's grandfather), December 1943, Rimaszecs, Hungary. Received by Salomon Stern, July 1944, in New York. Form is printed in Hungarian, French, and German, with message written in Hungarian. Text reads: "Dear Róza and Salomon we are well but without shop and income we would like to hear good news from you please write to us Kisses Arpad and Piroska;" Salamon Stern received the telegram months after it was created. Arpad and Piroska Stern perished in the Holocaust. Their two sons fled to Palestine and survived.

Genre

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