Postcard From Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust Survivor and Nazi Hunter

Authors

Object ID

2020.1.16

Object Name

Postcard

Date

6-2-1943

Files

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Description

Postcard with black printed text and address handwritten in blue ink. Opposite has message handwritten in blue ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The controversial Mr. Wiesenthal, signing the postcard as “Engineer”, is apparently - at the time of writing - convalescing in the women’s hospital at Mauthausen. He arrived at Mauthausen in February 1945, after moving through a number of other camps (Gross-Rosen, Chemnitz, Buchenwald) as the war was ending. He survived at Mauthausen on starvation rations until the camp was liberated by Americans on May 5. He describes some of his experiences to Mr. Grossman.

Dimensions

4 1/8 x 5 7/8"

Keywords

Simon Wiesenthal, Mauthausen, Palestine

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Postcard From Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust Survivor and Nazi Hunter" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2020.1.16.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1699