Lot 441
Documents Collection – Kanterovich Family – Search for Missing Relatives after the Holocaust
Collection of letters from and to Kanterovich family. Bergen-Belsen, Tel-Aviv and other locations, 1945-1947. Hebrew, Yiddish, English and Polish.
The letters presented here demonstrate the efforts invested by Hanoch Kanterovich and Joseph Kanterovich (living in Tel-Aviv) to find their brother Avraham-Hersch, after the Holocaust. In letters sent by the Joint organization it is reported that Avraham-Hersch died after his release. The letters also imply that his wife (widow), Lola Kanterovich (Rosenblum) and their child are in Bergen-Belsen DPC and are planning to go to Italy, to Lola's sister.
The items include: letters sent by Lola Kanterovich from Bergen- Belsen DPC, notes with handwritten lists (some include names of survivors and were written in Bergen-Belsen), forms of the Search Bureau for Missing Relatives, and more. Other families mentioned in some documents are Gruenwald, Herzberg and Levine. Lot of about 45 letters, notes, forms and envelopes. Sizes and conditions vary.
