Correspondence from Franziska Distler in Vienna to Alexander Distler, Interned in Camp I, Ottawa, Canada

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.314ab

Object Name

Correspondence

Date

12-22-1940

Files

Description

a: Envelope addressed to “Aleksander Distler No. 234,” “Internment Camp “I” written in center, “internment underlined twice, “I” circled in blue. b: Small letter dated “22. 12. 940” in upper right corner, stamped with “CENSORED CANADA IN.T.O.P. 27” in red in upper left corner.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Mrs. Franziska Distler, Aleksander’s mother, is living in Vienna, at this time part of the “Greater Germany” subsequent to the Anschluss of March 12, 1938 which is indicated in her return address. Her letter to Aleksander, internee number 234 at Camp “I,” is postmarked in Vienna with a double-ring cancellation and censored in Austria and Canada with sealing tape and red hand stamp.

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Dimensions

a: 4 1/2 x 6" 1/4" b: 3 x 6"

Keywords

Alexander Distler, Franziska Distler, Internment Camp I, Canada, Anschluss

Subcollection

Distler, Internment

Recommended Citation

"Correspondence from Franziska Distler in Vienna to Alexander Distler, Interned in Camp I, Ottawa, Canada" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.314ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1636