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Letter

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
January 23, 1947 (indexed as 1947)
Level
item
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One page of graph paper. Personal letter from Elzbieta (Elizabeth) to mother Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens). Handwritten in black ink. Asks mother how she is going, tells her it snowed and says she is anxious to go visit her sister Celinka (Cécile). At that time, Elzbieta and sister Celinka where separated. Celinka stayed at Andrésy while Elzbieta went at Raincy. 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 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: 22 cm x W: 17,4 cm
Genre / form
textual record
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Rainay le 23-1-47chère mamanRaincy le 23-1-47j'ai reçu ce soir ta lettre et j'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à la lire.comment vas-tu ? tu ne me le dis pas dans la lettre, j'espère que tu vas bien et le climat?Oui, il a neigé cet après midi pour la première fois, quoique j'ai déjà vu la neige à Chambéry.Ma petite amie de Paris me permet d'aller chez elle autant que je veux elle a douze ans et demi.Enfin je ne trouve plus rien à te dire, alors je te quitte en t'embrassant bien fortRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language
French
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