Abram Bork collection

Identifier: irn715742
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn715742

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Rachel Dunaief, the daughter of Abram Bork.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of letters, documents, passport, identification card, photographs, translations, document holder documenting the immigration of Abram Bork to the United States from Lublin, Poland. Abram immigrated to his maternal grandparents in New York.

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Abram Bork papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn707353
- English
- 1937-1947
- folders 4
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Abram Bork, originally of Lublin, Poland, who immigrated to the United States in April 1939. Biographical papers include his Polish passport, a report card, immigrant identification card, and two receipts regarding care packages he sent his family in Lublin in 1941. Correspondence consists of wartime letters and postcards to Abram from his parents Jankiel and Ruchla, his sister Rozia, and his brothers Salomon and Chaim. Post-war correspondence consists of letters and postcards primarily from his uncle Mojsze Bork, and cousins Ichak B...
Document holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn715743
- English
- overall: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Document holder documenting the immigration of Avram Bork to the United States from Lublin, Poland. Avram immigrated to his maternal grandparents in New York.

Abram Bork collection

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Abram Bork papers

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