Registered and Censored Postcard from Gustav Polak in Occupied Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Krause in Halle, Germany

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.285

Object Name

Postcard, Picture

Date

5-23-1942

Files

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Description

Postcard with color image of two children passing flowers over fence, “Droolijk Dinksterfest” printed a bottom. Back has blue “Nederland” postage stamp and green “Nederland” postage stamp in upper right corner, writing on left side.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Mr. Egbert Gustav Polak was an engineer, born in Dutch Guyana in 1872, who had lived in Amsterdam. He perished at the Westerbork transit camp on June 20, 1943 according to his Yad Vashem Page of Testimony.

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/2"

Keywords

Netherlands, Egbert Gustav Polak

Subcollection

Netherlands

Recommended Citation

"Registered and Censored Postcard from Gustav Polak in Occupied Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Krause in Halle, Germany" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.285.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1611