Letter from Hanke Kohn to Ostrovtzers in Toronto

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 personal 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 personal 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, dated 19 October 1946. In this letter, Hanke introduces herself as the daughter of Aron and Dyna, expressing her desire to connect with Ostrovtzers in Toronto who remember her. She mentions finding no one left from her family upon returning from Russia. She also mentions her husband Moszek Klajman and their one-year-old son.

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