Letter

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45467
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Letter : paper : handwritten : ink : grey, black ; Ht: 7,5 in. x W: 10,25 in.
Date
April 30, 1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Letter : paper : handwritten : ink : grey, black ; Ht: 7,5 in. x W: 10,25 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
April 30, 1945
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Notes
Double-sided personal letter on an envelope which unfolds; there is writing in both sides, as well as the address and sender's information. Written by Saul Stein to his father Ben Stein in Montreal. Saul describes his impressions of Bergen-Belsen when he and other R.C.A.F. soldiers liberated the concentration camp. He details his impressions, asks that his friends and family spread the news and hopes they can find some way of helping.
Accession No.
2000.10.10
Name Access
Stein, Saul
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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