Letter

Held by

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

Dates

1940-1941 (indexed as 1940–1941)

Level

item

Extent

Letter : paper : Handwritten : ink : Beige, brown ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 14 cm

Scope & content

Letter written on a small piece of paper, likely passed on by hand or included contained in an envelope for sending. Seems to be a fragment of a larger document. 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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DocumentHandwrittenJewish CommunityLetterTypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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handluje. Ja nie mam najmniejszegoz Elem pracowali jakiś czas (pracowałam u niej) ale okradali ich na więcej jak natysiąc złotych, kupiecki materjał, odrobilidług ale więcej roboty nie dostawają. CoWy myślicie o Elem i o mnie... my b. poważ-napiszcie duży list. Wczym Mojsze chodzi,Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

Polish

Harvested

2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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