Alicia Altmueller collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alicia Altmueller
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Alicia Altmueller donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016.
Scope and Content
The Alicia Altmueller collection consists of three letters written in August 1947 by three survivors requesting assistance (warm clothing, shoes, physical support) from Mr. J. Garfinkel, Kiever Independent Unterstuzung Verein (KIUV). The three survivors wrote KIUV on behalf of themselves, family and friends from Campo Adriatico IRO, Milan DP. The IRO supported camp was also referred to as Transit Camp Bari, located in Apulia. Names in the letters are as follows: Miriam Kegen along with unnamed husband and daughter, Aron Bakalchuk and Lucy Bakalchuk, Girsch Goberman and Sonia Goberman (née Teitelbaum), Leib Grinberg (Greenberg), Alex Balaban, Samuel Palats (Paletz). The collection includes the original envelopes, original Russian language handwritten letters, and typed English translations of the letters.
System of Arrangement
The Alicia Altmueller collection is arranged in a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Alicia Altmueller
People
- Kegen, Miriam.
- Greenberg, Leib.
- Goberman, Girsh.
- Balaban, Alex.
- Bakalchuk, Aron.
- Bakalchuk, Lucy.
- Goberman, Sonia.
- Paletz, Samuel.
Corporate Bodies
- International Refugee Organization
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Refugees.
- Jewish refugees.
- Displaced persons--Europe.
- Italy.
- Refugee camps.
- Milan (Italy)
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.