Josef Wajs letter
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Manny Wise
Written to donor's father from the American Consul in Berlin, April 1939, Berlin, Germany. Inherited by Manny Wise, July 1989. oThe letter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Manny Wise in 1996.
Scope and Content
The letter was written by the Ameican Consul in Belgium, R.M. de Lambert, to Josef Wajs (donor's father) during the Holocaust informing him that he has been put on the waiting list for immigration to the United States since the immigration quota from Poland has already been met.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Department of State
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Diplomatic and consular services
- Antwerp (Belgium)
Genre
- Document
- Letters.