Birth Announcement from Displaced Persons Camp St. Otillien, Bavaria

Authors

Object ID

2015.2.69

Object Name

Announcement, Birth

Date

6-22-1946

Files

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Description

Tan piece of paper initially folded in half with tape on top, side and bottom. Typewritten message in black. Purple writing on left side. Signature in blue at bottom with blue Political Prisoner cross hand stamp.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Typed document in German confirming that a daughter Rachela was born to Jakob Maler and wife Sara Grunspan Maler, 22 June 1946 in the D.P. Hospital St. Otillien. Signed by a Dr. Viducinsky in St. Otillien's hospital. Stamped with central blue cross, surrounded by "D.P. Hospital 2004A for Former Political Prisoner." St. Ottilien in Bavaria, near Munich, was utilized as a hospital and D.P. camp from April 1945 until November 1948, and was located in the U.S. Zone.

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Maler, Viducinsky, Stamp, Political Prisoner, Hospital, St. Otillien, Displaced Persons, Bavaria

Subcollection

Post

Recommended Citation

"Birth Announcement from Displaced Persons Camp St. Otillien, Bavaria" (1946). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.69.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/303