Censored Registered Bank Cover from Oslo, Norway to the American Friends (Quaker) Service Committee in Berlin

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.231

Object Name

Envelope

Date

12-25-1939

Files

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Description

Envelope addressed to “American Friends Service Committee,” “Rekommandert” stamped in red ink near top. Back includes black and red seal marked “DEN NORSKE CREDITBANKE – OSLO,” image of building near top.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

One of the faith-based NGOs operating in Europe helping Jews, the American Friends (Quaker) Service Committee was founded in 1917 to provide Quakers the opportunity to serve rather than take up arms in WWI. The AFSC was instrumental in assisting refugees escape from Germany, France, and other countries. It was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948.

This cover arrived in Berlin on New Year’s Day in 1940, just four months before the German invasion of Norway.

Dimensions

5 x 6"

Keywords

American Friends Service Committee, AFSC, Quaker, HICEM, RELICO, UNRRA, American Joint Distribution Committee

Subcollection

Rescue

Recommended Citation

"Censored Registered Bank Cover from Oslo, Norway to the American Friends (Quaker) Service Committee in Berlin" (1939). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.231.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1558