Postcard from Croatia, Zagreb with USTASE Insignia

Authors

Object ID

2015.2.36

Object Name

Postcard

Date

7-25-1941

Files

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Description

Front: Tan postcard with message written in black ink with a small signature in bottom right corner.Back: Teal printed postcard lines, with printed stamp and border on the right side. Black hand stamp running across the length of the top. Address written in black ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard from Croatia, Zagreb (1941) with Ustase insignia. The Independent State of Croatia was a fascist puppet state ruled by the Ustase under the leadership of Ante Pavelic, subsequent to the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Nazis in April 1941. Actions against Jews commenced immediately. Leaders of the Catholic Church joined in the antisemitic propaganda campaign. In August 1941 concentration camps were established, including Jasenovac and Stara Gradiska, for women and children. Jews, Roma, Croats and Serbs were murdered in these camps.

Dimensions

4 x 5 1/4"

Keywords

Croatia, Zagreb, Ustase, Usstase, Independent State of Croatia, Jasenovac, Stara Gradiska, Fjera Goske, Ante Pavlic

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from Croatia, Zagreb with USTASE Insignia" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.36.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/159