Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.318

Object Name

Postcard

Date

11-16-1941

Files

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Description

Tan postcard with purple printed postcard lines. Addressed in pencil to Saul Ettenger from L Davidson. Includes message written in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard to Mr. Saul Ettenger. Krakow - Wenger Str. 10-15 from L. Davidson.Litzmannstadt. Translation: "Dear ones -- I am now here and would like to have some information from you. For the last three weeks I have been without any information from Helene and also from Leo and family. I arrived here three weeks ago and wrote at once to Hujare. I am here without money and he should go at once to Leo. You understand me -- do you not? She should also ask Wese for 35 MK and mail it to me. How are you and please answer at once. My address is on the face of the card. Hearty greetings from your sister."

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Litzmannstadt, Ghetto, Stamp, Krakow, Saul Ettenger, L. Davidson

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.318.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1001