Postcard from Denmark Written on Rosh Hashana

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.226

Object Name

Postcard

Date

9-30-1943

Files

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Description

Front: Tan postcard with black printed postcard lines and writing in pencil. Includes two black hand stamps.Back: Message written in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Letter written a day after Jews had been warned about the German intention to begin deportations from Denmark. With Sweden agreeing to grant asylum to the Jews of Denmark, the Danes began the rescue effort to smuggle them out.

Dimensions

3.75 x 5.5"

Keywords

Denmark, Deportations, Rosh Hashana

Subcollection

Denmark

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from Denmark Written on Rosh Hashana" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.226.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/488