Censored Theresienstadt Postcard

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.336

Object Name

Postcard

Date

3-8-1942

Files

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Description

Tan postcard with black printed postcard lines. Addressed in pencil to Dr. Klauber from Julie Lauber with message written in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Ms. Julie Klauber, imprisoned in Theresienstadt, attempts to send this postcard to her son Dr. Klauber in March 1942. The postcard lacks a postage stamp, is censored, directed through Prague Jewish Cultural Council (Judische Kultusgemeinde Prag.) with a large handstamped “Z” (Zid), pejorative for “Jew”.

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Rokitran, Theresienstadt, Stamp, Klauber, Klanber, Julie Kauber, Julie Klanber

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Censored Theresienstadt Postcard" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.336.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1019