Schmelc collection

Identifier
irn513618
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.73
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Rachel Fleminger donated these documents to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Division on Sep. 9, 2003.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents relating to the Schmelc family: a 1940 letter addressed to Leo Malzner; a 1946 report that Samuel Schmelz Matzner was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz in 1942; and a 1947 letter from "L'Entraide Temporaire," describing two children, Jacques and Rachel Schmelc, and providing the details of their imminent emigration to Canada. Both documents are addressed to Madame Gottlieb, in Montreal, Canada.

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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.