Letter

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: December 14, 1942 (indexed as 1942)
Level: item
Scope & content: One page of graph paper. Double-sided. Personal letter from daughter Celinka (Cécile) to mother Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens) She tells her about how is going at Children’s home of St-Raphael with sister Elzbieta (Elizabeth). 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 St-Raphael. 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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Extent: Letter : paper : beige, gray ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 16,9 cm
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Text in the image: dimanche 14 décembre 194chermamanRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: French
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