"Message to the Six Million" poem

Identifier
irn503514
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1985.A.0006
  • RG-24.004.01
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503514

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

"Message to the six million" was written by Viola Sutliff ca. 1976. It was published in the "Intermountain Jewish news" in 1976. The poem was rewritten as part of a letter addressed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on 11 July 1985. The letter was initially received in the Communications Department of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by Marcia Feldman. The letter was later forwarded to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives.

Scope and Content

Consists of a letter containing a poem entitled "Message to the six million" written by Viola Sutliff.

Subjects

  • Memorialization.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry.

Genre

  • Document
  • Poems.
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