Censored Letter from Margit Heitlinger, a Former Passenger on the Steamer Pentcho

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.302

Object Name

Letter

Date

10-27-1941

Files

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Description

Lined letter written in purple with large “C 1” stamped in purple in top right corner.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Censored letter written by a 20-year-old Jewish refugee, Margit Heitlinger, about her experiences on the island of Rhodes, assuring her aunt in Tel Aviv, Palestine that having survived the shipwreck, she is in the “fortunate area” of the island (probably the Rhodes soccer stadium).

Dimensions

12 x 8"

Keywords

Margit Heitlinger, Pentcho, Rhodes, Slovakia

Subcollection

Pentcho, Slovakia

Recommended Citation

"Censored Letter from Margit Heitlinger, a Former Passenger on the Steamer Pentcho" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.302.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1628