Letter from Hanke Kohn to Max Hartstone

Part Of: United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds; Letters from Organizations series; Committee of Ostrowtzer Jews in Szczecin sub-series; Committee of Ostrovtzer Jews in Szczecin and Hanke Kohn correspondence file

Part Of: United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds; Letters from Organizations series; Committee of Ostrowtzer Jews in Szczecin sub-series; Committee of Ostrovtzer Jews in Szczecin and Hanke Kohn correspondence file

Admin History/Bio: Hanke Kohn was from Ostrowiec, Poland. Her parents were Aron and Dyna (née Mincberg). In June 1940, Hanke left Ostrowiec for the Soviet Union, leaving her parents, younger brother, and grandmother behind. She was arrested at the border for crossing illegally and spent six months in prison until Moszek Klajman, whom she later married, arranged her release. They lived in Rowne in the early 1940s. After the war, they returned to Ostrowiec, only to discover that none of Hanke’s family had survived. Hanke and Moszek subsequently relocated to Szczecin, Poland where they were living in the mid-1940s with their son.

Scope and Content: Item is a letter from Hanke Kohn in Szczecin, Poland to Max Hartstone. In this letter, Hanke expresses her disappointment at not receiving a response to her letter and seeks an explanation for the lack of communication. She writes about needing someone to talk to and asks to hear from Max's father.

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