{"value"=>"<p>This series contains letters and documents from Lore Segal and her extended family covering their experiences in Austria before and during World War II, and their lives as Jewish refugees in England, the Dominican Republic, and eventually, the United States.</p> <p>The Family Letters, which largely date from the late 1930s to the 1950s, contain details on everyday life as well as the procedures and trials of Jews emigrating from Austria during World War II. Family members wrote letters in both German and English. The letters from Lore include one batch to her parents and another to her cousin and friend Inge. They contain descriptions of the Kindertransport, life in the refugee camps, and her difficulties adapting to living with foster families. Years later, Franzi translated several of the letters from Lore to Inge; for some items the translations are the only surviving copies. The remaining family letters include items to Lore from her parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, and a few to or from her foster families (Ellis and Cohen). The letters from Lore's parents document their activities in England working as domestic servants, as well as her mother's experiences upon first arriving in the Dominican Republic. In Lore's grandparent’s letters, they recount stories of living in Hungary and Austria and before the war, as well as their last months in Austria, and their living circumstances in the Dominican Republic. Other family members who wrote to Lore before and during the War include uncles Max (Mimi), Karl Benedik, Ernst, Otto, and Paul Stern; aunts Frida, Lizi, Edith, Ditta, and Else, and cousins Inge Curth, Otto Adler, and Peter Bergel. The Franzi Groszmann items consist of many incoming letters from friends and family, including many from Lore while staying at Yaddo in 1959 and 1960. The Igo and Max Groszmann items date from before the war.</p> <p>The Family Documents section consists of the family's official, business, and educational documents.</p> <p>The Genealogy material is comprised of family trees for the Stern, Groszmann, and Segal families, lists of birth dates for Lore's immediate family, a timeline for Paul Stern’s emigration activities, and letters with distant family members sharing genealogical information.</p>"}