Object ID
2015.2.189
Object Name
Letter
Date
11-8-1944
Files
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Description
Front: White paper with printed return address in upper left corner, a red cross in the middle, and the date to the right. Typewritten message with blue cursive ink written onto the blanks with a signature on the right. Bottom left has a white stamp with a black and white photo of a young woman with dark hair in a coat. To the right of the black and white stamp is a purple hand stamp with a cross in the middle.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Lifesaving document issued to a Hungarian Jewish physician's wife attesting Swedish citizenship and consequently under "special Swedish protection." Swedish Red Cross stamp to the right of picture of bearer of document. Valdemar Langlet, a Swedish publisher, and his wife Nina are credited with saving the lives of many Hungarian Jews by providing such letters of protection claiming that the individual in question was awaiting Swedish nationality. The Langlets as well arranged for safe houses and orphanages for the beleaguered Jews who were under threat of deportation. Both Valdemar and Nina were honored in 1965 as “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem.
Dimensions
11 1/2 x 8 1/4"
Keywords
Red Cross, Doctor, citizenship, Swedish Red Cross, Red Cross stamp, Righteous Among the Nations, Langlet
Subcollection
Diplomats
Recommended Citation
"Letter of Protection for Wife of a Doctor Signed by Valdemar Langlet" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.189.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/273