Shifra Altshuler letter
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Scope and Content
Photocopy of a typescript version of a memoir written in the form of a letter dated October 12, 1942, from Shifra nee Altshuler (married name unknown) to her sister, Rochelle, and two brothers, Barryl and Aryeh, describing in detail the sufferings of the Jewish Community of Ivyeh, Poland, at the hands of both the Poles and the Nazis. The memoir covers the period of October 12 to December 23, 1942.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.
- Letter.