Letter

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: July 05, 1943 (indexed as 1943)
Level: item
Scope & content: One page. Typewritten in black ink. Personnal letter from J.J. Fenykovi to Serge Philipson. .Tells that he had news from sister-in-law Choura telling good news about Rachel and Sophie. Narrative: During the war, the father of Rachel Levy, Serge Philipson, was working in Galway, Ireland in a factory of Les Modes Modernes which he co-owned with Henri, his brother-in-law. He wasn't able to see Rachel until the end of the war. During the war he tried to reach friends and family to have news and help Rachel and his wife Sophie. Robert died before the end of the war.
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Extent: Letter : Paper : Beige ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Text in the image: J.J. FÉNYKÖVIMiguel Angel,20Madrid, 5th.July 1943.Dear Sir,yours faithfully,Mr. Serge Philipson,Galway / Irlanda.This to tell you that I received again a letter from your sister-in-law. She seems to be allright as far as this can be under the given circumstances. Her sister in law Sophie et Rachel are doing well, staying with their mother at Henry´s now already for 5 months. Rachel is quite a big girl now, learning Latin and foreign languages and being very good. Otherwise, she has no news from Robert, Ester and the other ones.There is nothing more which I could tell you and please if you have the intention to write do it as soon as you can manage as it would please all concerned.With best regards,Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: English
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