From Adolf Israel Weisz to Hans Weisz in Shanghai

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.83

Object Name

Envelope

Date

1-1-1940

Files

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Description

Front: An envelope with a typewritten address to Hans Weisz with blue postage stamp, and red censor markings. Back: Typewritten return address with Nazi censor tape and hand stamp. Further information: This envelope contained information on the Nuremburg Laws to be sent from Adolf "Israel" Weizs in Vienna to Hand Weisz in Shanghai's Jewish Ghetto.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

German antisemitic Nuremberg laws cover sent by Adolf "Israel" Weisz in Vienna to Hans Weisz in the Jewish ghetto in Shanghai, China December 3, 1940 via Moscow. Censored with B-20 and B-54 Japanese censor.

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 5"

Keywords

Nazi, Adolf Israel Weisz, Hans Weisz, Ghetto, Shanghai, Censor

Subcollection

Shanghai

Recommended Citation

"From Adolf Israel Weisz to Hans Weisz in Shanghai" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.83.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/16