W.H. Kessel letters
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carolyn Russman
Carolyn Russman donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2011.
Scope and Content
Consists of color photocopies of two letters, dated April 1940 and March 1941, which were sent from Frejda Brojdo, of Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania, to W.H. (William) Kessel of Lousiville, Kentucky. In the letters, the author, who was an aunt of either Mr. or Mrs. Kessel and wrote in Yiddish, thank the Kessels for sending money and ask for help to secure a visa to emigrate to the United States. Also includes copies of four photographs of family in pre-war Lithuania. English translations of the letters are included.
People
- Brojdo, Frejda.
- Kessel, W.H.
Subjects
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius.
Genre
- Document