To Dr. Martin Nathan, Tel Aviv, From

To Dr. Martin Nathan, Tel Aviv, From "Alice," Paris

Description

Front: Tan postcard with neat blue ink cursive script vertically across the page. Some water damage on the lower left side.

Back: Printed red postcard lines. Continuation of message in blue cursive ink on left side. The right side includes the address written in blue and black ink on the printed lines. Printed red stamp of a woman in classical garments holding a torch in the upper righthand corner. Black stamps across the top of the page.

Postcard sent to Dr. Martin Nathan in Tel Aviv, Palestine from "Alice." Alice describes her situation calmly, with a sense of humor, but realistically. She is fearful, and worries about the immediate future. She reports having received her Visa to England on September 1, on the outbreak of war, and left Germany on September 2nd. But she is stuck and cannot continue on her journey to England. She reports that her stay in France is not so pleasant but that she cannot complain because the times are so serious. She is being taken care of by the local Jewish committee and has been provided with shelter. All of her belongings are in England. Nevertheless, there is no place where she is staying to put her things. She states that no one knows what will be. She thinks that her mother was not able to escape. It would take an enmormous sum of money is required to bring her to Alice, and the Committee is not able to help. She asks how Dr. Martin is, and whether they will ever see one another again. She is afraid that this will not happen. Write me, she says, stating that she is so alone, completely dependent on the good will of strangers. One meets people who help but "there are many unpleasant matters." She concludes, "Well, we must go on. Regards to you all. Yours, Alice."