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Letter

itemJune 23, 1940

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Letter
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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
June 23, 1940 (indexed as 1940)
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Extent
Letter : Paper : Handwritten : ink : Beige, blue ; Ht: 20 cm x W: 12 cm
Scope & content
Letter written on lined paper, double-sided. Written by Avrum and Felka (donor's aunt and uncle) to Moishe and Sala Grushka (donor's parents). From 1940-41 Avrum and Felka were living on the Poland/Russia border and Moishe and Sala were living in the town of Brest (Belarus) and, later, Siberia. Narrative: Moishe Grushka and Sala (Sarah) Szer were born in Warsaw and were married in 1939. Moishe served in the Polish army in 1939 until Germany invaded Poland. At this time he was forced to flee to Russia where his wife tried to meet him. She was stopped by armed Germans with orders to shoot, but they allowed her to return to Warsaw. Late is 1939 she was able to travel to Brest. They were then sent to a logging camp in Siberia until 1943 when they were moved to Uzbekistan. Moishe worked as a baker and their first child, Anna, was born in 1945. After the war they returned to Warsaw to search for their families (both had been killed), then they moved to Montreal, Canada, in 1948. They both died in 1997. Avrum and Felka also left Warsaw and went to Ruzhana, Belarus. They had a baby girl sometime in this period, referred to in their letters. They were both sent to Auschwitz where they were both killed. Their families had remained in Warsaw and were killed, including their grandmother and the youngest sister of Sala and Felka, Etke.
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DocumentFamilyHandwrittenLampLetterTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Drogie dzieci!Mama handluje z wspólnicą i wyroby się więcej jak sprzedajeRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
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Polish
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