David Heilner letter to Sigmund Heilner

Digital Record

Identifier: MSS6721_S1_SS2_I400_B4_F5

Staff Only

Image of David Heilner letter to Sigmund Heilner

Dates

Creation: 1886 February 3

Extent

4 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm

1 envelope ; 12 x 16 cm

Language of Materials

English

German

Additional Description

General Note

Letter from David Heilner to Sigmund Heilner. Family problems arise in this year in many areas of the Heilner family's lives. Retta is already having problems in her marriage. The old Jewish dowry system is a plague to poor families. Mathilde, Regina and Feifer's other daughter, never does follow her heart to America and actually is killed in the Holocaust many years later. Dated February 3, 1886. Includes a translation of the letter.

Additional File Versions

Image of David Heilner letter to Sigmund Heilner

Subjects

Genre / Form

Letters

Linked Records

Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family | Aron Heilner family letters and documents, approximately 1813-2010 | Heilner family letters and diaries, 1853-2010 | David Heilner letter to Sigmund Heilner, 1886 February 3

Repository Details

Repository Details

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