Title
German Red Cross Mail
Object ID
2015.2.160ab
Object Name
Letter
Date
5-29-1942
Files
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Description
Front: Tan paper with printed writing and red cross, and typewritten information.Back: Printed and typewritten information, with signature in bottom right, and red stamp.Front: Black printed text.Back: Black printed text.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) letter. British censorship stamp. 1942. Letter sent from Gertrud "Sara" Senger of Berlin to Hans Liebenthal in Jerusalem. Gertrud Senger was murdered in the Holocaust.
Messages within Greater Germany (including Austria) were sent by way of the Red Cross and forwarded to their respective destinations. Only 25 words were allowed both front and back, and the mail was censored.
Dimensions
4 x 5 1/2"
Keywords
Jerusalem, Berlin, German Red Cross, Rotes Kreuz, Hans Liebenthal, Gertrude Senger
Subcollection
Rescue
Recommended Citation
"German Red Cross Mail" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.160ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/250