Dr. Jacob Auslander collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Creator(s)
- Jacob Auslander
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Bonnie Auslander
Bonnie Auslander donated her grandfather's correspondence to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 27, 2007.
Scope and Content
Consists of correspondence written by Dr. Jacob Auslander( also called Bi), a physician in New York City, to his family in Europe, namely, his sister Cilli, who survived the war in Vienna. The Auslander family originally lived in Radatz, Romania; while Cilli survived the war in Vienna, the rest of the family was deported to Transnistria. In the letters, the siblings discuss wartime experiences and post-war Europe.
People
- Auslander, Jacob.
Subjects
- Vienna (Austria)
- Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine--Transnistria (Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944)
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document