Cohen family collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Elyssa Castle-Martino and Andrew Martino In memory of Esther Feygel and the Cohen family of Rutki Kossaki who perished in the Holocaust.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Elyssa Castle-Martino donated the Cohen family collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019. Elyssa Castle-Martino is the granddaughter of Morris Cohen.
Scope and Content
The Cohen family collection consists of postcards sent to Morris Cohen, primarily from his sister-in-law Esther Feyge (Fagel), regarding their family in Rutki-Kossaki, Poland, 1939-1940. The collection includes a postcard sent to Morris Cohen from a family friend in Rutki-Kossaki regarding the murder of family members in 1942.
System of Arrangement
The Cohen family collection is arranged in a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Elyssa Castle-Martino
People
- Cohen, Morris.
- Feyge, Esther.
Subjects
- Families.
- Rutki-Kossaki (Poland).
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Postcards.