Jadwiga Dzido Hassa letter
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Anna Jarosky and Peter Hassa donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Jul. 26, 2004.
Scope and Content
Contains of one letter from Gusta, a young girl in Haifa, to her friend, Jadwiga Dzido (later Hassa), in Poland, encouraging Jadwiga to come to Palestine. During the war, Jadwiga, a Polish Catholic, became a member of the Polish underground and was imprisoned from 1941-1945 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. She later testified in the Nuremberg Doctors Trial. Also includes one photograph of Rozia Zylberajch, who is mentioned in the letter.
Genre
- Letter.
- Document
- Photographs.
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