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- Held by
- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- [Later than 1945-05] (indexed as 1945)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- Letter : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4,5 in. x W: 8 in.
- Scope & content
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document is a typed letter from the Tracing Department of the Red Cross, addressed to Mr. H. Sprecher in England. In response to an enquiry about Nachman Sprecher, the letter states that he was deported to Theresienstadt and died there on June 3, 1943. Narrative: Nachman Sprecher was the maternal grandfather of the donor, Edith Borenstein. The letter was sent to her mother's brother in England.
- Location
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- Genre / form
- textual record
- In the picture
- DocumentLetterLetterheadMilitary OrderSignatureTypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
- Text in the image
- Mr. H. Sprecher,24, Goldhurst Terrace,N.W.6.Dear Mr. Sprecher,Yours sincerely,TRACING DEPARTMENTSome time ago you made an enquiry for the whereabouts of your father Nachman Sprecher who was last known to be residing at Cologne.It is with deep regret that we have to inform you that according to a report received from the British Red Cross Society, your father was deported to Theresienstadt where he died on the 6.3.1943.We are extremely sorry having to pass such sad news on to you and wish to express our sympathy with you in your loss.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
Digital objects at the source
- imageOpen original at source ↗1998_12_02.jpg