Letter from Aron Urbas to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Hilfs Committee

Part Of: United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds; Letters from Individuals series; Letter from Aron Urbas to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Hilfs Committee file

Part Of: United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds; Letters from Individuals series; Letter from Aron Urbas to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Hilfs Committee file

Admin History/Bio: Aron Urbas (b.1909) was born in Ostrowiec, Poland, to Daniel and Pella (née Goldman). Prior to the start of the Second World War, he met and married his wife Genia (née Frost). On 26 August 1942, he was arrested in Bergerac, France, and subsequently sent to the Dachau concentration camp. After surviving the Holocaust, he eventually made his way to Périgueux, France, where he was reunited with his brother around 1946.

Scope and Content: File consists of a letter from Aron Urbas in Périgueux, France, to the United Ostrovtzer Hilfs Committee c/o Max Hartstone, dated 10 April 1946. Aron details his personal history and survival through Auschwitz, the Warsaw ghetto, Dachau, and the Thuringian mountains. He writes that he is currently living in France and working for a Jewish organization called "Resistence. He writes about the fates of some of his brothers and his wife, expresses uncertainty about the future, and emphasizes solidarity against facism. He writes that he has sent materials with the letter (these materials are not included in the file). Included is a piece of paper with two addresses and an envelope. File also contains a typed translation.

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