Harry Friedman correspondence

Identifier
irn500191
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0192
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500191

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Harry Friedman

Biographical History

Harry Friedman (1893-1961) was born in Austrian Galicia (later Poland, now Ukraine) and immigrated to United States in 1907. He lived in Jersey City with his wife Fannie (1897-1971) and children Augusta, Emanuel, and Rosebel. His family members who remained in Horodenka are assumed to have been killed in the Holocaust.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Augusta F. Irvings donated the Harry Friedman correspondence to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995. Augusta F. Irvings is Harry Friedman's daughter.

Scope and Content

The Harry Friedman correspondence consists of postcards and letters Harry Friedman received from family members including Perl, Simon, and Isaac Friedman in Horodenka, Poland before World War II and under the Soviet occupation in 1940.

System of Arrangement

The Harry Friedman correspondence are arranged as a single file.

Subjects

  • Horodenka (Ukraine)
  • Jewish families--Poland.

Genre

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.