Censored Envelope from Bendsburg, Poland

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.155

Object Name

Envelope

Date

1941

Files

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Description

Front: An off-white envelope with writing in blue and black ink and two pasted stamps of Adolf Hitler in profile in green and blue. Includes black, red and purple hand stamps, as well as a white and red pasted stamp.Back: Writing in black ink, several black and purple hand stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The Bendsberg Ghetto was among the first to be liquidated by the Nazis on August 1, 1943. This cover is stamped with the Jewish ghetto administrations stamp. Alfred Schwarzbaum was a wealthy Jew from Bendzin who escaped to Switzerland and conducted relief and rescue work for Jews in occupied Poland, as well as supporting armed resistance by Jews in the ghettos. On the envelope, he is referred to as Treue (“ever-faithful”) because of his support for Jews trapped in ghettos.

Dimensions

4 x 6"

Keywords

Bendsburg, Poland, Hitler, Censored, Schwarzbaum, Schwarzbaum

Subcollection

Diplomats, Ghettos, Rescue

Recommended Citation

"Censored Envelope from Bendsburg, Poland" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.155.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/438