Postcard from Jewish Widow in Nuremberg

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.522

Object Name

Postcard

Date

6-21-1944

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Description

Tan postcard with red printed postcard lines addressed to Kurt Kraemer at the Hotel Krone from Lore Sara Wuga in Nuremberg. Includes typewritten message in German.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

This postcard was postmarked June 24, 1944, two weeks after the D-Day invasion began to liberate Europe from Nazi control. Remarkably, it was written by a Jew living openly in "Nuremberg, the City of the National Party Meeting" -- a city known for particularly virulent antisemitism. The return address includes the middle name "Sara," which was required in documents written by Jewish women in order to identify them as such. Fortunately for the widow who wrote this card, she had been married to an aryan man. Jewish spouses of aryans had legal protection from anti-Jewish sanctions, but such protection for this woman probably died with her husband.

Translation: My dear ones, now I have finally received your card, it was like a sunbeam into my loneliness. Many thanks therefore. Yes, to be brave. What does it help now, my life has no meaning any more. I have lost my best. I think always on Heinz and everybody, but it is extremely difficult. The days do not want to pass by, they are filled with sadness, tears and worries. My dear husband died in the midst of his work, it was always a great helper to him. He was so diligent up to his last hour. It is very difficult for me to take care of everything. Much of my heart blood do I give, and I now close everything by myself. I'm not myself any more. Heinz will equally be sad, and now he has so many worries. I'm glad, that Freds has good news from his family, but if one would have helped us, then I would not be by myself. At the time there were possibilities. I'll never be able to forgive that. I'm to say hello to you from Else Grünberger, she is in the last mother's home, I have asked about Cäcilie. She will surely write to me. I hope that Jo and Michel are in good health. I also don't hear from Jlse, but she is not very much for writing. The internment of the urn took place last weekend for us. The brother and wives write to me quite often. Brother-in-law Franz was also there. Hearty greetings and kisses to you. Your Lore.

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Kurt Kraemer, Lore Sara Wuga, Nuremberg, Widow, Reich Seal, Stamp

Subcollection

Early, Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from Jewish Widow in Nuremberg" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.522.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1235