The Museum’s vast collection includes tens of thousands of letters and cards. These personal notes provide a window into daily life, its hopes and traumas, at a time that was anything but ordinary. Families have entrusted us to preserve and share these artifacts, which help us honor Holocaust victims and survivors as individuals.

 

The Museum’s vast collection includes tens of thousands of letters and cards. These personal notes provide a window into daily life, its hopes and traumas, at a time that was anything but ordinary. Families have entrusted us to preserve and share these artifacts, which help us honor Holocaust victims and survivors as individuals. Dangerous Deliveries, Illegal Radios, and Morale-Boosting Jokes Read “Manfred’s Last Letter” >> Nazis Couldn’t Censor Imprisoned Mother’s Concern for Her Children Letter from a camp >> Her Honest Yet Hopeful Letter: “We Are Better in Spring … Even in Prison” Watch video on resistance fighter >> A Father Sent New Year’s Greetings from His Internment Camp Barracks What was the family's fate? >> A Greeting Card to Celebrate the End of War in Europe Read her survival story >> “Dear Annemarie” from Prisoner 9591 A Jehovah's Witness writes sister >> IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH Facebook Live | Black Artists under Nazi Persecution Join us Wednesday, February 9, at 9:30 a.m. ET for this discussion. Remind me to watch >> Images: The Markowicz family in 1949—Manfred, Rosa, Marja, Harry, and Max. USHMM, courtesy of Harry Markowicz; Studio portrait of Georg and Hana Brady. USHMM, courtesy of Lara Hana Brady; Mug shot of Auschwitz prisoner Charlotte Delbo Dudach. Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu; Watercolor postcard sent by Max Feld. USHMM, gift of Esther Feld Weisel; Lore Gotthelf Jacobs’s greeting card to commemorate V-E Day. USHMM, courtesy of Lore Gotthelf Jacobs; Magdalena Kusserow. USHMM, courtesy of Magdalena Kusserow; (Foreground) Freddy Johnson, an American jazz musician who was interned in Tittmoning from January 1942 until February 1944, plays the piano. Courtesy of Greg & Helen Hiestand (Background) A drawing of a man playing the piano by artist Josef Nassy, who also was interned in Tittmoning. Gift of the Severin Wunderman Family Donate to Keep Holocaust Memory Alive DONATE Keep Holocaust memory alive to inspire citizens and leaders to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity in a constantly changing world. Visit ushmm.org/campaign to learn more. Find Free Educational Resources Online LEARN Stay Connected UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Main telephone: 202.488.0400 TTY: 202.488.0406 VIEW IN BROWSER