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Letter

itemSeptember 06, 1945

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
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September 06, 1945 (indexed as 1945)
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Letter : Paper : Printed : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 27 cm
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Handwritten letter, two pages long, from Steve Braude in the U.S. Army to his relatives in New York. Narrative: Emanuel (Stephen) Braude is the son of Ephraim Braude, one of the eldest brothers of Gregory Hirsch Braude. Gregory Hirsch Braude (donor’s father) was born in Smorgon, near Riga, Latvia, on May 23, 1900. Between that time and 1920, his family had moved to Berlin, Germany. Vera Braude, née Zabejinski, was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1908. In 1920, Vera’s family moved to Berlin, Germany. Gregory met Vera Zabejinski (born on June 23, 1908, in Moscow) at a masked ball in 1929 and then got married. They remained in Berlin until the spring of 1938 and moved to Paris, France. Their daughter, Marina was born there on January 17, 1940. Around 1941, Gregory, Vera, their daughter Marina, and Johanan (one of Gregory’s elder brothers) escaped Paris towards Marseilles. Then they were smuggled out to Lisbon, Portugal. While in Lisbon, the family got visas for Cuba and left for Havana aboard the Serpa Pinto. They remained there for approximately six months. The family later moved to New York City after Gregory got a visa for the United States. He and Vera had a son, Alexander, in New York in 1946. In New York, Gregory and Johanan established a business, Braude Brothers Leather Tanning Corporation, while Vera was an artist and a homemaker.
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Brake6 Sept 1945.Dear Aunt & Uncles & Cousins,EmanuelDear Aunts & Uncles & Cousins,I want to take this opportunity of wishing you all a very Happy New Year & all the best for the future. The past year has seen the winning of the war - may the coming year see the winning of the peace! It is very gratifying to be able to play a part in this, the most important of all prospects for the future. However my main wish is to come home & see all my relatives & friends once more. The eighteen months that I've been overseas seem like so many years, but it looks as if I'll be coming home early in 1946.How are things in New York? I hope you all spent a pleasant summer. I'm sorry to say that sunshine has been practically non-existant in the Bremen area. However we have had two or three nice days this week.Right now I'm kept quite busy - I'm in charge of two of our offices in this area, and besides am trying to furnish a new house for us to live in. This winter is not going to be pleasant, & we are trying to be as comfortable as we can.Please let me hear from you from time to time - it's really a pleasure to receive mail from home.My best regards to little Kiki.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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