Letters from Lida

In mid-2006, Marv Brooks became aware of a bundle of letters from family in Lida being offered up for sale on one of the large commercial e-auction sites. With contributions from several Lida District Researchers, he arranged for the purchase of these letters.

The letters are mostly to sisters Dora and Fanya Pupko, who emigrated from Lida to Palestine in the 1920s. A few of them are in German, to Fanya's husband Manfried Liebermann, as well as some others that must have been forwarded to him. Over the years, the letters became quite disorganized, so much so that it was difficult to decide from which end in the box to start! As more of them are translated, I'm improving the order - unfortunately many of the letters are not dated.

Information about the families

The dates are listed as dd-mm-yyyy

German - letters translated by Irene Newhouse - If you can read some of the Hebrew phrases in the originals, please let me know what they say!
letter 10 (25-01-1933) letter 40 & 50 (02-03-1933) letter 52 letter 82 letter 103 (24-04-1941) letter 105 (18-04-1930) letter 111 (27-01-1930) letter 112 (19-03-26/8) letter 114 (04-06-1930) letter 117 (04-06-1940) letter 118 (04-10-1938) letter 119 letters 121 (27-02-1944) letter 123 (10-04-1930) letter 124 (31-01-1928) letter 129 (22-04-1930) letter 131 (04-04-1930) letter 133 (03-04-1930) letter 136 letter 139 (09-04-1930) letter 148 (05-01-1928) letter 142 (26-03-1930) letter 149 (24-03-1932) letter 150 (05-02-1941) letter 151 (04-04-1930)

Polish letter (letter 12) - thanks to Marianna Hoszowska, Radoslaw Zan, & ViewMate for the translation

Russian letters - Thanks to Lena Gorina-Black for the translations. letter 3 (13-06-1925) letter 5 (03-01-1926) letter 6 letter 7 (08-12-1926) letter 8 (16-01-1937) letter 9 (09-03-1926) letter 11 (29-01-1927) letter 13 (21-07-1927) letter 14 (after 1936) letter 15 (1937) letter 16 (probably 1937) letter 17 (25-04-1927) letter 18 (01-01-1938) letter 19 (1938) letter 20 (18-10-1936) letter 21 (1936) letter 22 (17-11-1937) letter 23 (19-07-1936) letter 24 (19-04-1936) letter 25 (12-07-1936 (probably)) letter 26 (20-09-1937) letter 27 (31-05-1936) letter 28 (1926) letter 29 (1936?) letter 30 (11-10-1936?) letter 31 (18-04-1937) letter 32 (1936) letter 33 (18-03-1926) letter 34 (03-03-1926) letter 35 (1926) letter 36 (28-05?-1927) letter 37 (26-11-1926) letter 38 letter 39 letter 41 (19-01-1927) letter 42 (shortly after 19-01-1937) letter 43 (24-05-1936) letter 44 (late 1937) letter 45 (25-11-1925) letter 46 (28-06-1936) letter 47 (about 1935) letter 48 letter 49 (09-02-1930) letter 51 (09-08-1925?8?) letter 53 (10-07-1927) letter 54 (after 1939) letter 55 (ca. 1926?) letter 56 letter 57 (ca 1938) letter 58 (May 1937) letter 59 (29-03-1937) letter 60 (after 1936) letter 61 letter 62 (22-08-1925) letter 63 letter 64 (?-10-1928) letter 65 letter 66 letter 67 (first part of letter 66) letter 69 letter 70 letter 71 (continuation of 7) letter 72-73 (14-02-1937) letter 74 letter 75 (1927) letter 76 (01-1926) letter 77 (25-09-1925) letter 78 (24-05-1927 & 27-05-1927) letter 79 (before 1927) letter 80 (fall 1925) letter 81 letter 83 letter 84 (1936 or 1937) letter 85 (27-8-1937 & 3-10-1937) letter 86 (5-6-1925) letter 87 (1927) letter 88/89 (3-3-1927) letter 90 (27-7-1927) letter 91 (1927) letter 92 (late Jan/early Feb 1927) letter 93 (24-6-1937) letter 94 (26-8-1926) letter 95 (2 May 1937) letter 96 (spring 1937) letter 97 (early 1937) letter 98 (21-2-1937) letter 99 (late 1925) letter 100 (about 1930) letter 101 (Feb? & Oct. 1925) letter 102 (April? 1930) letter 104 letter 106 letter 107 (30-3-1930) letter 108 letter 109 (summer 1936) letter 110 letter 113 (26-08-1926) letter 115 letter 116 (before 1928) letter 120 (12-04 -1935?) letter 122 letter 125 letter 126 letter 128 letter 130 (6-6-1926) letter 132 (1930?) letter 134 (28-2-1937) letter 135 (6-6-1936?) letter 137 (1925) letter 143 letter 144 (3-3-1927) letter 145 letter 146 (17-5-1936) letter 147 (about 1927)

Yiddish letters - thanks to Reuven Poupko's contacts

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