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Letter form Tema Zelwer to Max Hartstone
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from Individuals series
- Letter form Tema Zelwer to Max Hartstone file
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 148; Series 1; File 191
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from Individuals series
- Letter form Tema Zelwer to Max Hartstone file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 1
- File
- 191
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 10 Mar. 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Tema Zelwer (née Gutholz) (b.1892) was born in Ostrowiec, Poland, to parents Kiwa and Hinda (née Grossman). During the early years of the Holocaust, she lived in the Ostrowiec ghetto and forced labour camp before being sent to Auschwitz in 1944. After the war, she lived in a transit camp in Munich. In 1949, she was in the Traunstein Hospital Jewish DP Center in Germany before moving to the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Austria. In 1951, Tema immigrated to New York via Bremerhaven, Germany, aboard the USS General Taylor.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from Tema Zelwer in Traunstein, Germany, to Max Hartstone, dated 10 March 1949. In this letter, Tema writes about other Ostrovzters and an issue where someone was registered under the wrong name. She provides the names and biographical information for several Ostrovtzers. Envelope is included. Files also contains a typed translation.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
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- Archival Descriptions