Guide to the Bianca Rothschild Letter MSS.2332
Rothschild, Bianca
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Bianca Rothschild Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2332
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (one letter)
- Dates:
1991 November 19
- Abstract:
Letter from Bianca Rothschild to Kirk Douglas in November 1991 regarding his second book and her Holocaust experiences and attitudes.
Scope and Contents note
The contains a letter from Bianca Rothschild of San Diego, California to Kirk Douglas written on November 19, 1991 regarding his second book. She relates her post-war experiences in Poland, having survived three concentration camps. She says that she had thought she could remain in Poland but "the persistent memory of a happy childhood and the loss of my entire family and girlfriends from the private school" led her immigrate to the United States in the early 1950s.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2009
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
donated by Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Bianca Rothschild Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Biographical/Historical note
Bianca Rothschild was a Polish Jew who survived three concentration camps during World War Two. She immigrated to the United States in the early 1950s, married and had one daughter.
Letter Box SC0010 Folder 2332.01