Censored Envelope from Denmark

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.217 &.218

Object Name

Correspondence

Date

9-9-1940

Files

Description

Envelope Front: White envelope with a typewritten address, four purple postage stamps, a red and a black hand stamp, and several pencil markings.Envelope Back: Typewritten return address, red hand stamp and tan censor tape.Letter: Typewritten letter in English on white paper. Includes a signature in black ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A letter mailed just weeks before the mobilization to ferry the Jews of Denmark to Sweden, eight days before Hitler approves of planned deportation.

Dimensions

envelope: 4 x 6.5"; letter: 8.5 x 8.5"

Keywords

Swastika, Reich seal, Denmark, Curran, Aage Manley

Subcollection

Denmark

Recommended Citation

"Censored Envelope from Denmark" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.217 &.218.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/480