Postcard to RELICO in Geneva from Piotrkowice Ghetto in the Radom District

Authors

Object ID

2015.2.122

Object Name

Postcard

Date

7-29-1941

Files

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Description

Front: Tan postcard with black printed text and dotted lines, filled in with black cursive ink. Includes purple hand stamp in upper left corner, long red slash across page, and additional writing in grey and red pencil in upper left. Back: Black printed postcard lines. Includes several stamps, including long red stamp across type, black writing, and a printed address.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

RELICO card with General Government franking tied KIELCE 8/3/1941, addressed to RELICO (Committee for Assistance of the Jewish Population Stricken by the War) in Geneva. With boxed "Piotrkowice uber Kielce (Distr. Radom)" alongside with Nazi censor. Acknowledgement of receipt of package. Signed by Chaja Liss.

Dimensions

4 1/4 x 6 3/4"

Keywords

Stamp Relico General Gouvernement Committee for Assistance of the Jewish Population Striken by the War Geneva Switzerland Radom Piotrkowice Poland, Chaja Liss

Subcollection

Ghettos, Rescue

Recommended Citation

"Postcard to RELICO in Geneva from Piotrkowice Ghetto in the Radom District" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.122.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/211