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Object ID

2012.1.513

Object Name

Postcard

Date

3-11-1937

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Description

Tan postcard with Yiddish message written in purple ink. Includes address to "Forward," 175 East Broadway, New York City, United States.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard with added postage from a Polish Jewess to the editorial board of the American Jewish "Forward" newspaper, NY, hand stamped with her husband's name: "Abraham Wilchfort, Oswiecim," soon to be known as Auschwitz. Message in Yiddish for the renewal of subscription to be paid by her sister in N.J. According to the Central Database of Shoah Victims Names, Abraham perished in Auschwitz in 1942, not far from his hometown.

Dimensions

4 1/4 x 6"

Keywords

Abraham Wilchfort, American, Magazine, Auschwitz, New York

Subcollection

Early

Postcard to American Magazine

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