When Chelsey Brown heard about a letter written in 1945 by a Holocaust survivor and owned by a flea market vendor, she knew she had to find the letter-writer's family and return the artifact.
Jill Butler and Ilse Loewenberg, who wrote the letter after surviving being imprisoned during the Holocaust.When Chelsey Brown heard about a letter written in 1945 by a Holocaust survivor and owned by a flea market vendor, she knew she had to find the letter-writer's family and return the artifact.does.
New York decorator Chelsey Brown is passionate about returning lost heirlooms to their rightful owners."Anything handwritten is kind of special ... I knew I needed to buy it," Brown said. She said that once she had it translated, she realized just how"powerful" the note was. Brown said that after a week of searching online, she was able to connect with Butler using online genealogical records on MyHeritage.com.