Ella Menke Leeser letter
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Maureen Henderson
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Maureen Henderson, the granddaughter of Ella Menke Leeser.
Scope and Content
Copy of a 5 page typewritten letter describing the experiences of the Leeser family, originally from Germany, while in hiding during the Holocaust in the Netherlands. The letter was authored in June 1945 by Ella Menke Leeser and her daughter Yonny and sent to relatives in Argentina. The letter contains information about the various Dutch aid givers and unique circumstances in which Ella and her two children, George and Yonny, were able to survive.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Maureen Henderson
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document