A woman by the name of Chelsea Brown heard about a special letter that was being held by a flea market vendor. Chelsea Brown, a heirloom detective, who works with vendors, thrift shops, and other sources looks for items and artifacts and mainly helps to return them back to their family and/or loved ones. She does return many artifacts, but Holocaust items are one of her favorites to return back to the families. She states, “I knew from the beginning when I started this I wanted to get these items back to their rightful families.”
This letter was written by a Holocaust survivor by the name of Ilse Loewenberg. There was not only just a letter, but other documents that had mentioned what Loewenberg had experienced during the time of the war. Some other information also included her birth certificate. The letter was handwritten which made it even more special to Brown.
In the letter it says that Loewenberg informs her sister that she is still alive and that she has survived her imprisonment, but has sadly lost her parents, 2 sisters, and her husband through it all. The letter was also written in German! It was also dated July 1945. After collecting the letter and documents and doing some research, Brown later found out that the two sisters had reunited after the war and spent the rest of their time living in New York. Sadly Loewenberg passed away in 2001, but had a niece that she was close to.
Finally after all the research and trying to find the niece of Loewenberg, Brown found her and connected to her through a website. Brown told reporters that the niece thought that this was a scam, but then talked to Brown over the phone and after all that time they finally met up and got the letter back to her family. I think that Chelsea Brown is a very kind person and I would be very appreciative if she did this for me or close friends.
Did you think what Chelsea did was thoughtful?
Would you have done the same thing?
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Ella,
This is more of an article summary. This is fine but be sure to include more of your thoughts and opinions into your summary as well. It is well written!
Yes, I do think what Chelsea did was thoughtful because if you do things like that, then that's just the golden ticket.
Yes, I would have also done the same thing if I did that. It is certainly amazing.
I think Chelsea was very thoughtful and it was such an amazing thing to do. She didn't have to spend all the time to try and return the later. I don't know if I would of sam the same thing because it sounds like a lot of work, but if someone did it to me i'd be so greatful.
I think that what Chelsea did was thoughtful toward the family. She could have kept the letter to herself as a peice of history but instead she gave it back to the family. I probably would have tried to do the same thing as her.
I think what Chelsea did was very thoughtful. I mean she didn't have to reach out to the family. She could have just kept the letter for herself and never told anybody she had it. I would have probably done the same thing because if I was in similar family situation I would have wanted someone to tell me if they had found a letter from my sister.
I agree, she could have kept the letter for herself but I think it made her feel better and thoughtful that she gave it back to the family it belonged to originally.
In my opinion what Chelsea Brown did was very important and special. I can't even think about being in a part of Holocaust. So i think that what she did was very honorable and should be appreciated.
I agree, what she did was very important and special, and also that what she did must be appreciative because it was very meaningful.
I think what Brown did was very impactful. Being apart of the Holocaust (I can only imagine) was such a tragedy, so knowing someone else in your family is alive is very relieving.
I completely agree with you about what she did and how it must have been very impactful for the family.