Petzal family collection

Identifier
irn36119
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.301.1
Dates
1 Jan 1925 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rachel Moses

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Rachel Moses.

Scope and Content

Contains a Red Cross letter sent by Grete Werner in Palestine to her sister Lotti Bieber in Piaski, Poland, dated August 27, 1942, and returned with annotation: "Address moved away"; a letter written by Hilde Petzal in Piaski, probably in 1940, describing the terrible conditions the family was in after their deportation from Stettin in February 1940; letters written by the Petzal family in Piaski to their cousins in Washington, DC, dated c. 1940; letters written by Ingeborge Petzal in Germany to her brother Horst in Palestine, dated c. 1939; an identification certificate issued to Ingeborg Petzal in Bern, Switzerland on August 29, 1945; and family portraits of the Petzal family in Arnswalde, Germany, dated c. 1930.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mrs. Rachel Moses

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.