Object ID
2019.2.118
Object Name
Envelope
Date
5-1-1944
Files
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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