Joel Citron collection of family materials

Identifier
irn504280
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0102
  • RG-10.114
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1990
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Joel Citron gave the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Apr. 1994.

Scope and Content

The original letters and documents (some of which have been either translated or summarized) from the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigration Aid Society of America and the International Committee of the Red Cross document the status of and experiences of members of Joel Citron's family from Poland. Most letters are from family in Poland asking for help from family members living in the United States. Among those letters written after the Holocaust, one from Itka Radoszynska (dated 4 Dec 1945) describes how only she, out of all her family from Siedlce, Poland, survived by throwing herself off a train destined for Treblinka and by hiding for two years.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

People

Corporate Bodies

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.