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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
April 16, 194?
Level
item
Scope & content
One page. Double-sided. On top left, is a header of Maison d’Enfants “La Chaumière” Personal letter from Elzbieta (Elizabeth) and sister Celinka (Cécile) to mother Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens). Handwritten in purple ink. Tells mother about a measles epidemic at the school. Mostly writes about how it is going. At that time both girl where at Children's Home "La Chaumière". 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 Saint-Paul-en-Chablais. 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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Boarding SchoolChildCinemaDocumentGirlHandwrittenLetterLetterheadMedicinePublic HealthStampTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Letter : paper : beige, purple, black ; Ht: 13,3 cm x W: 21 cm
Genre / form
textual record
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U.G.I.F.3me Direction "SANTÉ"Etablissement Public(Loi du 29 Novembre 1941)Maison d'Enfants"La Chaumière"SAINT-PAUL-EN-CHABLAIS(Haute-Savoie) — Téléph. 10St-Paul, le 16 AvrilChère Maman IrèneChère Maman Idériej'ai reçu ta lettre qui m'a fait bien plaisiret en même temps j'en ai reçu une de bonnepeux pas aller la chercher car c'est l'épidémie de la rougeole.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language
French
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