Postcard from Kristallnacht Prisoner in Dachau

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.79

Object Name

Postcard

Date

11-19-1938

Files

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Description

Front: White postcard with handwritten message in black cursive.Back: Black printed postcard lines and text with handwritten address.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Nine days after Kristallnacht, a postcard from a Dachau Jewish prisoner to his family in Speyer. He is identified as a "Schutzhaftjude" for “Jew in Protective Custody”, the rationale for arresting Jews after Kristallnacht and placing them in the Dachau concentration camp.

[Related items: 2014.1.57, 2014.1.58, 2014.1.59]

Dimensions

4 1/8 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Jew, Dachau, Prisoner

Subcollection

Concentration, Early

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from Kristallnacht Prisoner in Dachau" (1938). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.79.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/389