--- title: Holocaust Survivor Telegrams: Read 10 Moving Notes description: For some, the trauma of World War II did not end when the peace was signed canonical: https://time.com/4115135/holocaust-telegrams/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-20T13:00:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:55.393Z article:section: History og:title: Holocaust Survivor Telegrams: Read 10 Moving Notes og:description: For some, the trauma of World War II did not end when peace was declared og:url: https://time.com/4115135/holocaust-telegrams/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd5d74c37d37b0a6/6988715a524fc0273fdf57ff/151116-wwii-telegrams-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Holocaust Survivor Telegrams: Read 10 Moving Notes twitter:description: For some, the trauma of World War II did not end when peace was declared twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd5d74c37d37b0a6/6988715a524fc0273fdf57ff/151116-wwii-telegrams-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See 10 Moving Telegrams From Holocaust Survivors Looking for Help > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Nov 20, 2015 1:00 PM UTC  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Nov 20, 2015 1:00 PM UTC Among this year’s many 70th anniversary milestones marking the end of World War II is the start of the Nuremberg Trials, which began on Nov. 20, 1945 as a score of Nazi leaders faced judgment for war crimes. To many at the trials, TIME reported, it seemed to be “Civilization itself which stood at the prosecutor’s rostrum, resonantly accusing the 20 Germans in the dock of vile assault & battery on all mankind.” A small measure of the horror inflicted by the Nazis can be seen in these telegram drafts. For many survivors of Nazi brutality, liberation meant a return to a confusing world that had lost the people and places that had made it once home. Written by Holocaust survivors seeking assistance or information during that period, these missives offer a close-up look at the reality of life after war. The longhand notes would have been typed out by a telegraph service, usually something set up by the Allies involved in their liberation or by a Jewish aid group. They are part of the collection of Leo Baeck Institute, and according to the Center for Jewish History the rabbi and scholar took them with him when he left the Theresienstadt concentration camp to join his daughter in England. [_After the War: Recovery, Relief, and Return, 1945–1949_](http://www.cjh.org/exhibits/172)is on view at the Center for Jewish History in New York City through Jan. 15, 2016\. The Center’s [digital collections](http://access.cjh.org/) are viewable online. **_Read TIME’s 1945 coverage of the Nuremberg Trials, here in the TIME Vault:_** [The Fallen Eagles](http://time.com/vault/issue/1945-12-03/page/30/)  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History  Draft telegram sent by survivors seeking information and assistance. 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