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Letter
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Letter

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
December 17, 1946 (indexed as 1946)
Level
item
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Two pages of lined paper. Double-sided and folded. Double-sided. . Personal letter from Elzbieta (Elizabeth) to mother Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens). Handwritten in black ink, Elzbieta tells her mother about the activities she does at Le Rainey and says that she did not have new of Celinka (Cécile) since a long time. Narrative: The Zilberbogen were a Jewish family originally from Warsaw (Poland). Mother Chana and daughters Elzbieta (born 1933) and Celinka (born 1937) moved to Belgium in 1939. The father, Szygmundt, an engineer, stayed in Poland. During the Second World War, the mother and daughters were first sent to Brens camp and then to Rivesaltes camp in the South of France before being released. Chana was then hospitalized and spent the war hidden in a Sanatorium in Mazamet from 1940 to 1947. Elzbieta and Celinka were hidden in various locations in the South of France, including a farm and different children's homes run by OSE including Andrésy. Szygmundt was killed in Poland. Chana and her daughters went back to live in Belgium after Liberation until immigrating to Canada in 1951.
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Letter : paper : beige, black ; Ht: 18 cm x W: 27,5 cm
Genre / form
textual record
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Rainey le 17-12-46chère petite maman chérieRamsey le 17-12-46Excuse-moi tout d'abord den'avoir pas pu te répondre toutde suite à ta lettre mais en attendant j'ai acheté des catalogues jevous t'envoyes bientôt le colis ily aura une chaîne avec un médaillonor fais bien attention! le médaillonpeut contenir deux photos il meplaît beaucoup à moi je ne saispas si ce sera pareil pour toi alorstu me le renverras avec taphoto de toi et de papa.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language
French
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