Dr. David Lehrhaft letter
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- David Lehrhaft
Biographical History
Dr. David Lehrhaft served as an officer in the Polish Army and was executed by the Soviets in Katyn in April 1940.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rosalyn Orenstein
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Rosalyn Orenstein. Dr. David Lehrhaft was her paternal uncle.
Scope and Content
Two page letter written by Dr. David Lehrhaft, in Krakow, to his younger sister in Newark, NJ in which he describes the political situation in Poland as well as the family situation in Krakow. The two page letter has been laminated.