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A letter penned at the close of the Holocaust was spotted at a New York flea market and is now in the hands of a family descendant.

A letter penned at the close of the Holocaust was spotted at a New York flea market and is now in the hands of a family descendant.

A long-lost letter from a freed Holocaust survivor was sold by a flea market vendor and returned to the family decades later.

After Russian troops liberated Ilse Loewenberg from a concentration camp in 1945, she wrote a warm dispatch to her sister, Carla, in the UK, the only other family member who survived the harrowing ordeal.

Thrift stores, antique fairs and flea markets in New York City are prime spots for finding valuable, hidden family heirlooms. When Chelsey Brown, an avid thrifter, was shown a letter written more than 75 years ago at the end of the Holocaust by a survivor, she knew where it belonged. "The second that I had it transcribed, I just knew it had to go back to the right family," Brown said.

On July 18, 1945, Ilse Loewenberg wrote a letter to her sister, Carla, after surviving as a Jewish woman during the Holocaust.

The letter in question was sent on July 18, 1945, by a woman named Ilse Loewenberg

Ilse Loewenberg, who died in 2001 aged 92,  penned a letter to her sister in 1945 describing her life under the Nazi regime.

Courtesy Chelsey Brown(NEW YORK) -- Thrift stores, antique fairs and flea markets in New York City are prime spots for finding valuable, hidden family heirlooms. When Chelsey Brown, an avid thrifter, was shown a letter written more than 75 years ago at the end of the Holocaust by a survivor, she knew where it belonged. "The second that I had it transcribed, I just knew it had to go back to the right family," Brown said. She found the note in late 2021. The letter was written by Ilse Lo...