Object ID
2012.1.513
Object Name
Postcard
Date
3-11-1937
Files
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Description
Tan postcard with Yiddish message written in purple ink. Includes address to "Forward," 175 East Broadway, New York City, United States.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard with added postage from a Polish Jewess to the editorial board of the American Jewish "Forward" newspaper, NY, hand stamped with her husband's name: "Abraham Wilchfort, Oswiecim," soon to be known as Auschwitz. Message in Yiddish for the renewal of subscription to be paid by her sister in N.J. According to the Central Database of Shoah Victims Names, Abraham perished in Auschwitz in 1942, not far from his hometown.
Dimensions
4 1/4 x 6"
Keywords
Abraham Wilchfort, American, Magazine, Auschwitz, New York
Subcollection
Early
Recommended Citation
"Postcard to American Magazine" (1937). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.513.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1228