Alfred J. Kahn collection

Identifier: irn41901
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Alfred J. Kahn.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a letter and a DVD interview with Luba Paltseva.

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Alfred J. Kahn papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42472
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Letter (a) written by Dovid Paltsey, donor's paternal great uncle in Moscow to donor's father, Joseph Kahn in Florida. In his letter, mailed on February 4, 1948, Dovid Paltsev described the fate of the family in Velizh (about 140 hm from Smolensk) where out of approximately 2,000 Jews only 20 survived the Holocaust. He named each member of the family who was murdered by the Germans and the few who were lucky to avoid the massacre. In Yiddish; with envelope (b).
Oral history interview with Luba Paltseva
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42473
- English
- 1 DVD,
- Updated 1 year ago

Alfred J. Kahn collection

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Alfred J. Kahn papers

Oral history interview with Luba Paltseva