Shula Hamilton collection

Identifier: irn95122
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn95122

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Shula Hamilton.

Scope and Content

Contains a photograph as well as a letter and envelope (both laminated), addressed from Enrique (Herszek) Kagan, a Jewish refugee in Argentina, to his mother, Feiga Kagan, in Ostrolenka, Poland, sent August 29, 1939, but returned to Mr. Kagan in Argentina. The envelope contains a postmark from the German "Devisenschutz Kommando" in Warsaw. Also contains two examples of Polish currency from 1931. Written by Herszek Kagan (donor's father) to his mother in occupied Poland, August 1939.

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Poland, 20 zloty note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn11646
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 15.980 inches (40.589 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
A twenty zloty note mailed by a Jewish immigrant in Argentina to his mother in Poland, who perished during the Holocaust.
Poland, 20 zloty note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn11647
- English
- 1931
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 6.620 inches (16.815 cm) | Depth: 15.980 inches (40.589 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
A twenty zloty note mailed by a Jewish immigrant in Argentina to his mother in Poland who perished in the Holocaust.
Mrs. Shula Hamilton papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543385
- English
- 1939
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains a photograph as well as a letter and envelope (both laminated), addressed from Enrique (Herszek) Kagan, a Jewish refugee in Argentina, to his mother, Feiga Kagan, in Ostrolenka, Poland, sent August 29, 1939, but returned to Mr. Kagan in Argentina. The envelope contains a postmark from the German "Devisenschutz Kommando" in Warsaw.

Shula Hamilton collection

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Poland, 20 zloty note

Poland, 20 zloty note

Mrs. Shula Hamilton papers