us-005578-irn551375
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has beginning date: 1941-01-01
has end date: 1942-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had subject: 1976
has or had subject: 843
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn551375
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Contains postcards and notes handwritten by Marcus [Uszer] Selig Wittman (donor's father) in the Drancy internment camp near Paris, France, addressed to his family in Paris; last correspondence dated March 31, 1942. Marcus was deported from Drancy on April 29, 1942 to Compiegne, France and from there on June 5, 1942 to Auschwitz concentration camp. He was admitted to Block 28 on July 7, 1942 and was recorded as having died on July 19, 1942. His wife Paulette and sons Samuel and Marcel went into hiding, eventually in Chambon-sur-lignon in France.
title: Wittman family correspondence