Lettersheet from Netherlands Red Cross Settlement Office of Concentration Camps Concerning Fate of Zendijks

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.299

Object Name

Letter

Date

11-15-1946

Files

Content Warning

The Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection consists of images, documents, and artifacts related to the Holocaust. The collection contains materials that depict a number of topics that may be difficult for viewers to engage with, including: antisemitic descriptions, caricatures, and representation of Jewish people; Nazi imagery and ideology; descriptions and images of German ghettos; graphic images of the violence of the Holocaust; and the creation of the State of Israel. For more information, see our policy page.

Description

Letter with Red Cross symbol near top, stamped with date “15.11.1946” in top right corner, “Dhr. D. Zendijk, Singel 16, Deventer.-“ printed in bottom left corner.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Lettersheet sent to D. Zendijk in Deventer with information about the fate of Hersch A. Zendijk (born in 1885) and Dina Zendijk-Natan (born in 1888). At the time of this letter the only information available was that they were transported from Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz on January 25, 1944. With newly available information it was discovered that they were both murdered in Auschwitz in April 1944.

Dimensions

8 x 5 1/2"

Keywords

Netherlands, Red Cross, Dina Zendijk, Westerbork Transit Camp, Auschwitz

Subcollection

Concentration, Netherlands

Recommended Citation

"Lettersheet from Netherlands Red Cross Settlement Office of Concentration Camps Concerning Fate of Zendijks" (1946). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.299.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1625