Livshitz family collection
Extent and Medium
boxes
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Brenda Dashkin donated her father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 8, 2002.
Scope and Content
Consists of letters written from family members and friends in Europe to Yakov (Yankel, or Jack) Livshitz in the United States and in Canada. Dated between 1928-1941, the letters describe life in the shtetl and the desires of his relatives and friends to emigrate out of Europe.
Subjects
- Montreal (Quebec)
- Minsk (Belarus)
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.