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Typewritten copy of a note from Benjamin Kramm to his wife Scheindl Kramm, tossed out of a deportation train

Typewritten copy of a note from Benjamin Kramm to his wife Scheindl Kramm, tossed out of a deportation train "My dear, I am going to Poland; with God's help, we will see each other again. This morning five people died after jumping off the train; I abandoned [gave up the idea] it; God should help us and everyone. Please, dear Mia, don't walk around too much, be careful; thanks for the parcel and the things you sent to Malin; take care of your mother and dear Sarai, it is with me as always; I greet you and I kiss you. Benjamin". Scheindl Kramm reports that her husband was born in Tartakuw, East Galicia, 1879; they married in Lemberg, 1902; he worked as a master collier; in 1914 they moved to Vienna and lived there until 1938; he was a salaried worker (no further details); they fled to Belgium to be with one of their married daughters; deportation in 1943; the note was found by Christians on a field, in an envelope, addressed to Scheindl Kramm, Brussels, Jean Vaudere Street 10; the Kramms' daughter was caught in 1944 and murdered in Auschwitz; further details regarding family members and addresses.
item Id
3549321
Type of material
Official documentation
Testimony
File Number
172
Language
German
Record Group
O.1 - K.J. Ball-Kaduri - Collection of Testimonies and Reports of German Jewry
Date of Creation - earliest
01/03/1956
Date of Creation - latest
30/03/1956
Name of Submitter
K.J. Ball-Kaduri
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
6
Archival Signature
O1-5
Connected to Item
O.1 - Ball-Kaduri Collection: Contemporary testimonies and reports regarding the Holocaust of the Jews of Germany and Central Europe, 1943-1960
Form of Testimony
Written testimony
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection