Harriet Postman correspondence

Identifier
irn502351
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.32
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

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.

Subjects

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.