Postcard to Judenrat at Litzmannstadt (Lodz) Ghetto

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.320

Object Name

Postcard

Date

12-12-1941

Files

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Description

Tan postcard with purple printed postcard lines. Includes pencil-written address to "An Eltesten der Juden en Litzmannstadt" [The Eldest of the Jews in Litzmannstadt" from E. Finkelstein. Includes green tape and a message written in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A Jew working at a labor camp (Reppen) sends certified card to the Judenrat to request that his paycheck be sent to F. Morozrecka. The red ink handstamp states "free of additional charge." Postmarked Reppen. Frankfurt. "... E. Finkelstein requests that his paycheck be sent to Fela Morozrecka, Frany st. 38." The blue stamp affixed could mean registration for the workplace 1941. Addressed to Eldest of the Jews.

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Litzmannstadt, Ghetto, Judenrat, Fela Morozrecka, E. Finkelstein, Eltesten Juden

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Postcard to Judenrat at Litzmannstadt (Lodz) Ghetto" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.320.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1003