Object ID
2012.1.326
Object Name
Postcard
Date
12-6-1941
Files
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Description
Tan postcard with purple printed postcard lines. Includes message written in black ink.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Litzmannstadt prisoner postcard from Manfred Israel Bing to the Welfare Department Transport Dusseldorf-Rhein. Retired lieutenant of the Reserve. Regarding: "Transferring my social security for the month of November and December 1941. I am very much in need of it since I am not able to work. This was substantiated by the agency at (?) and certainly the case is the same here. I was severely wounded during the war. I beg you to prove my worthiness and help me. Manfred Israel Bing. no. A01052." The postcard was never sent as attested to by the large purple censor mark "Zuruck" meaning "returned." No explanation is given.
Dimensions
4 x 5 3/4"
Keywords
Litzmannstadt, Ghetto, Zuruck, Stamp, welfare department, dusseldorf-Rhein, Manfred Israel Bing, Manfred Bing
Subcollection
Ghettos
Recommended Citation
"Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.326.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1009
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