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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
March 12, 1945 (indexed as 1945)
Level
item
Scope & content
On page. Double-sided. Personal letter from Elzbieta (Elizabeth) to mother Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens). Handwritten in blue ink, Elzbieta tells her about the flu Celinka (Cécile) and her had. It postponed their transfer to “La Chaumière”. Also, Elzbieta tells her about her birthday and gifts. Narrative: This letter informs that Elzbieta's birthday is on March 12. 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 "Chateau de Montintin" and "La Chaumière". 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 : blue ; Ht: 28 cm x W: 7,9 cm
Genre / form
textual record
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Montintin Lundi 12 marsBien chère Mamanj'ai reçu avec une grande joie ta gentille lettre ainsi que Cécileje t'annonce que je ne suis pas encore partie de Montintin pour Saint-PaulIl y a quelques jours Cécile et moi nous sommes attentes de la grippe, mais on nous soigne bien; mais aujourd'hui comme c'est mon anniversaire j'ai demandé que je ne me lève, et vers quatre heures de l'après midi je me suis levé et on m'a souhaité l'anniversaire dans l'infirmerie même où sont tous les malades, et j'ai euRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language
French
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