Harriet Postman correspondence
Extent and Medium
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2
Creator(s)
- Harriet Postman
Biographical History
Harriet Postman was born in Poland circa 1902. She and her husband, Abraham Postman, both immigrated to the Unites States by 1931 and became naturalized citizens. Flora Hochsinger was born in Vienna in 1878. In June 1942 she was deported to Maly Trostinec and killed almost immediately.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Evelyn P. Crane, Harriet Postman's daughter, donated the Harriet Postman correspondence to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.
Scope and Content
The Harriet Postman correspondence documents Postman's unsuccessful efforts to assist Flora Hochsinger's immigration to the United States from Vienna. Letters include correspondence between Flora Hochsinger and Harriet Postman as well as between Postman and relatives, friends, and aid agencies Postman contacted for help, such as the Boston Committee for Refugees, B'nai Brith, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
System of Arrangement
The Harriet Postman correspondence are arranged as a single series: I. Correspondence, 1939-1941.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Austria--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Jewish refugees--America--Public opinion.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Vienna (Austria)
- Jews--Austria--History.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.