Schildkraut family papers
Extent and Medium
folder
oversize box
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1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Steven Lee Katz
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Steven Lee Katz.
Scope and Content
Letters and postcards between Joseph Schildkraut in Cincinnati, Ohio and his sister Lea Schildkraut, from Tarnów Poland during the Holocaust. Included are postcards purchased on his exit from Poland, via Italy, Spain, and Panama, as well as a photo album, with press clippings, that he created while in Panama awaiting immigration to the United States, and a 1943 photograph with family in Covington, KY.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Steven Lee Katz
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Panama.
Genre
- Document
- Postcards.