Letter from Der Aeltestenrat der Judischen Kultusgemeinder (Fanny Sara Czarna), Sosnowitz, Poland to Alfred Szwarcbaum, Lausanne, Switzerland

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.443

Object Name

Letter

Date

2-1-1943

Files

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Description

Tan paper with typewritten German message. Printed return address in upper left corner reading, "Der Leiter, Der Aeltestemrate der Jüdischem Kultusgemeinden in Ost - Oberschlesien."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Original typed letter on Judenrat official stationery, to Alfred Szwarcbaum in Lausanne, Switzerland, regarding food packets, thanking him for past shipments but noting that none have been received lately. They request him to start sending food packets urgently as they are essential for the lives of many of the ghetto inhabitants. Signed by Fanny Sara Czarna, head of the Judenrat.

Dimensions

11 1/2 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Lausanne, Switzerland, Judenrat

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Letter from Der Aeltestenrat der Judischen Kultusgemeinder (Fanny Sara Czarna), Sosnowitz, Poland to Alfred Szwarcbaum, Lausanne, Switzerland" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.443.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1380