Falbel-Pulgram Family Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the correspondence between various members of the Falbel / Pulgram family during and after World War Two. It includes letters between Gerda Falbel née Pulgram and her husband Isaak Falbel. Additional correspondence includes letters between Karl Pulgram in Haifa and his daughter Gerda Falbel and son-in-law Isaak Falbel. Finally, the collection includes correspondence between Gerda Falbel and various other family members, including her mother Eugenie Pulgram and her sister Gise, who stayed in Vienna and were murdered in the Holocaust. The collection also includes a few loose envelopes and scraps of paper.
Dates
- 1935-1949
Creator
- Falbel, Gerda, 1914-2005 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Biographical Note
Gerda Falbel née Pulgram (1914-2005) was married to Isaak Falbel (1906- ). Isaak left Austria for England in 1938 and was in the Kitchener Camp in England until about 1940 or 1941, after which he joined Gerda and their daughter Kitty in New York. Gerda left Vienna for New York in 1939, together with her sister-in-law Rita Falbel. Gerda's father Karl Pulgram emigrated to Haifa, while her mother Eugenie Pulgram and her sister Gise stayed in Vienna and were murdered in the Holocaust.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection consists of the correspondence between various members of the Falbel / Pulgram family during and after World War Two. It includes letters between Gerda Falbel née Pulgram and her husband Isaak Falbel dating between 1939 and 1940, while he was in the Kitchener Camp in England and she emigrated from Vienna to New York. Additional correspondence includes letters between Karl Pulgram in Haifa and his daughter Gerda Falbel and son-in-law Isaak Falbel. The collection also includes correspondence between Gerda Falbel and various other family members, including her mother Eugenie Pulgram and her sister Gise, who stayed in Vienna and were murdered in the Holocaust.
Arrangement
The folders are in alphabetical order. Correspondence in folders 1 and 2 is roughly chronological. Correspondence in folder 3 is mostly undated.
Processing information
Materials were refoldered. Some of the letters in folder 2 are badly faded and fragile.
- Title
- Guide to the Falbel-Pulgram Family Correspondence undated, 1935-1949 AR 25052
- Author
- Processed by Kevin Schlottmann and LBI staff
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation
Revision Statements
- April 02, 2015 : dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
