Letter

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

November 04, 1946 (indexed as 1946)

Level

item

Extent

Letter : paper : beige, brown ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 13 cm

Scope & content

One page. Double-sided. . Personal letter from Elzbieta (Elizabeth) to mother Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens). Handwritten in black ink, Elzbieta tells mother about swimming, school, a Moliere play she might go to and ask if Celinka is writing to her. At that time, Elzbieta and siste Celinka (Cécile) where separated. Celinka stayed at Andrésy while Elzbieta went at Le Rainey. 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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textual record

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St Rainey le 4-11-46Chère petitemaman chériej'ai reçu ta lettre et je neAndresy.lettre à Mme Borten.Aujourd'hui je suis allée à la piscineLe Raincy le 4 · 11 · 46Chère petite maman chériehâte à te répondre, je ne tepromets pas de t'écrire tous lessemaine deux fois car par exempleun jeudi ou un dimanche jene suis même pas car je suisoccupée par le travail scolaireet je reste toute la journée àmes devoirs, et le soir je n'en puisplus, mais d'abord les premiers tempsMarie est venue me voir samedielle n'est pas venue dimanchecar elle est allée voir Cécile enje vais écrire tout à l'heure uneRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

French

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