Gerszmon Ronie letter
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Gerszmon Ronie
Biographical History
Beyond what is written in this letter, not much is known of Gerszmon Ronie. All that is known is that Ronie was living in the Windsheim displaced persons (DP) camp in Germany in 1947. The Windsheim DP camp was one of the most overcrowded camps in the area. In 1946, it frequently had 3,200 inhabitants, despite having capacity for only 2,500.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Chris Valicenti
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Chris Valicenti. Further provenance to be determined.
Scope and Content
A letter written by Gerszmon Ronie, an inmate of the camp N1041 in Windsheim, in the American occupation zone in Germany. It is addressed to Mr. Trygvie Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, and requests that Ronie be taken from Windsheim camp and be allowed to live in Palestine.
System of Arrangement
The Gerszmon Ronie letter is arranged as a single series.
People
- Ronie, Gerszmon.
- Gerszmon Ronie
- Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors--Germany.
- Windsheim (Germany)
- Jewish refugees--Germany.
Genre
- Document