Postcard from Jewish Refugees from Poland Living in Lavlenka Village, Kazakhstan, to Tel Aviv, Palestine

Authors

Object ID

2016.1.21

Object Name

Postcard

Date

10-22-1942

Files

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Description

Front: Handwritten message in Hebrew using purple ink; Back: Hammer and sickle symbol in top left corner, four blue postage stamps at top right as well as a printed red stamp.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard written by refugees fleeing from Nazis, written in Hebrew, to family or friends in Palestine. Approximately 8,500 Jews fled to Kazakhstan during the Holocaust.

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Refugees, Lavlenka Village, Kazakhstan, Palestine

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from Jewish Refugees from Poland Living in Lavlenka Village, Kazakhstan, to Tel Aviv, Palestine" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2016.1.21.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1281