Reska and Vera Katz letter

Identifier

irn517190

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2005.269.1

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517190

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The letter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Rose Levinson.

Scope and Content

The letter was written to Rose Levinson in Chicago, Ill., by her niece, Reska Katz, and Reska's daughter, Vera Katz, in a displaced persons camp in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia. They write of family members who survived and those who perished and ask for sweets and vitamins for Vera and clothing.

Subjects

Refugees, Jewish--Slovakia--Trenčín (Okres)
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Slovakia--Trenčín (Okres)
Holocaust survivors.
Holocaust victims.

Genre

Document
Letters.

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