Postcard from Gestapo Addressed to Freda Oberegger

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.221

Object Name

Postcard

Date

3-28-1939

Files

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Description

Postcard addressed to “Freda Oberegger” on front. Back includes “Geheime Staatspolizei” in black print in upper left side.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard from Berlin Gestapo, Geheime Staatspolizei, with purple Geheime Staatspolizei Berlin special cachet, cancelled in Berlin 3/28/39, addressed to one Freda Oberegger of Huttenberg, Karnten, Austria, concerning someone (“file number” 0.422) held in detention - in all probability a family member. The Gestapo acknowledge receipt of her communication, but report that further “investigation” is necessary, and that Ms. Oberegger would receive a decision later, perhaps before the month expires.

Dimensions

4 x 6"

Keywords

Gestapo, Berlin, Freda Oberegger

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from Gestapo Addressed to Freda Oberegger" (1939). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.221.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1548