Object ID
2014.1.246
Object Name
Postcard
Date
10-2-1941
Files
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Description
Front: An illustration of white flowers, a candle, several pieces of paper, and a teacup with a printed caption.Back: An off-white postcard with black printed postcard lines, as well as a message and address written in black ink. Includes two green postage stamps, as well as one black hand stamp.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Estonia was included in the Reich Commissariat Ostland along with Lithuania, Latvia and western Belorussia. Before the end of the year most of the Jews who had not been able to escape into Russia were murdered by the Einsatzgruppe A, led by Walter Stahlecker, with the assistance of police units and Estonian collaborators. There were no ghettos created during the German occupation in Estonia.
Dimensions
3 9/16 x 5 1//2"
Keywords
Tartu, Rakvere, Estonia, Candle, Flower, Vase, Teacup, Saucer
Recommended Citation
"Postcard from Tartu to Rakvere, Estonia" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.246.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/506
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