Theresienstadt Postcard

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.330

Object Name

Postcard

Date

8-21-1944

Files

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Description

Tan postcard with black printed postcard lines. Addressed to J.L. Sehaehtile from Hugo Weinmann. Includes message written in black ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A postcard from Hugo Weinmann -- Theresienstadt to Ing. Mr. Schachtile (?) -- Aug. 21, 1944. Translation: "Dear friend: On behalf of my wife I am writing to you today and thank you for your concern. Because of the good care she has received the healing process is progressing quite well. She is expecting to leave the Hospital on the 15th of this month. How are all of you and hope that you had good news from your son. I am still employed at the Post office and like my work. Without my work life would be very difficult to bear. Now dear friend let me hear from you again and I send greeting to your dear wife. Greetings to you my dear old friend. Your old friend, Hugo.”

Censor cachet recto reads: “Response only to Postcards in German…”

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Theresienstadt, Stamp, Hugo Weinmann, J.L. Sehaehtile, J.L. Schachtile

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Theresienstadt Postcard" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.330.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1013