One Family's Story: The Correspondence of Paul, Balbina, and Richard Schifter from 1938 to 1941 compilation of correspondence.

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One Family's Story: The Correspondence of Paul, Balbina, and Richard Schifter from 1938 to 1941 compilation of correspondence.

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The compilation of correspondence covers a general span of years from 1932 to 1988; however, the bulk of the correspondence covers 1938 to 1941. The letters are the communications between Paul and Balbina Schifter and their son, Richard. In general, the letters concern the emigration of Richard Schifter to the United States and the attempts of Paul and Balbina Schifter to emigrate from Poland during the Holocaust. Each German letter is followed by an English translation and the entire text totals 326 pages.

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