Title

Cover from S. Roiz in Latrun to D. Huttman

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.118

Object Name

Envelope

Date

5-1-1944

Files

Description

Envelope addressed to "Mrs. Dora Huttman, "JERUSALEM" underlined in bold, stamp of crown and "passed" in blue ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Latrun, located in the Ayalon Valley between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, was the site of a detention center initially established by the British in Palestine to imprison German and Italian prisoners of war. From 1942 Jewish residents of Palestine - the Yishuv - were detained in Latrun for resistance to British Mandatory policy in pre-state Israel, including members of Jewish defense organizations such as the Irgun.

Written in German, displays British Palestine censorship marks.

Dimensions

5 x 6"

Keywords

Dora Huttman, Sigfried Roiz, Latrun Detention Camp, British Mandate

Subcollection

Internment

Recommended Citation

"Cover from S. Roiz in Latrun to D. Huttman" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.118.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1493