Rose Hudak correspondence
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nadia H. Pelaia
Received by Rose Violet Magyar Hudak, Beaver Falls, PA in June 1945 from her pen pal Sgt. Charles F. Kovacich in Germany. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Nadia H. Pelaia
Scope and Content
Contains a letter, four pages, dated June 7, 1945, addressed to Mrs. Rose Hudak (donor's mother) from Sgt. Chas. F. Kovacich, while he was serving with Co. C, 13th Infantry of the US Army in Wilhemhousen, Germany. In the letter, he writes about liberation of an unnamed concentration camp, reburial of the victims, and the forced confrontation of atrocities by local residents; Wilhemhousen, Germany; in English. Includes the envelope in which the letter was mailed.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Nadia H. Pelaia
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.