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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
August 05, 1946 (indexed as 1946)
Level
item
Scope & content
One page on blue paper. Double-sided. Personal letter from Elzbieta (Elizabeth) to mother Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens). Handwritten in blue ink. Tells mother she has arrived at Aix-les-Bains but doesn’t like it as much as Andrésy where Celinka (Cécile), her sister, stayed. She also says she is starting English courses and gives her mother her new address. 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 one in Palavas-les-Flots. 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: 18,9 cm x W: 14,6 cm
Genre / form
textual record
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Aix les bains le 5.8.46Chère mamanque tu les recevras je lesme voici enfin arrivée à Aix lesbains dans une autre maisonElle va bientôt partir à StJean de Luz le 15 courantet je lui ai écrit une lettretoute à l'heure. J'ai reçules photos de nous deuxmais comme la poste nemarche pas régulièrementje préfère encore les garderet une fois que je serai sûreComment vas-tu? j'espèreRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language
French
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