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Letters to Sala: A Young Woman's Life in Nazi Labor Camps
URL: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/sala/

Description:
This exhibit features the letters of a Polish Jewish woman who survived five years in seven Nazi forced labor camps during World War II. "She risked her life to preserve the letters, hiding them during line-ups ... even burying them." Includes images of selected letters accompanied by historical photos and essays on topics such as the Nazi postal system and Jewish holidays. From the New York Public Library.

LII Topics: Correspondence, Wars & Conflicts, Wartime, World War II

Publisher:
New York Public Library

Extra Keywords
WW Two 2 WWII second Sala Garncarz Kirschner

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Holocaust survivors
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Kirschner, Sala Garncarz, 1924- -- Correspondence
People
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Poland

LII Database Information:
Record 21838 created by Jennifer English on 06/12/2006
Last modification on 06/15/2006
Published: 06/15/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21838

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