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Object ID

2014.1.237

Object Name

Postcard

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Description

Front: A 'Karte Pocztowa.' Includes a letter written in Yiddish with red handstamp, "Hebräische Schrift nicht zulässig" [Hebrew writing not allowed], black postal stamp and black Reich mailing stamp with the Reichsadler. Back: Continuation of Yiddish letter. Further information: A postcard sent from Occupied Poland on Rosh Hashana Eve by Abraham Schiller. It was censored due to the Yiddish writing.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

German writing only. Postcard sent from occupied Poland, Yiddish text written on Rosh Hashana Eve by Abraham Schiller. Card was not posted due to three-line red cachet in German “Hebrew writing not allowed” on front and back, address hand-crossed in red crayon.

Dimensions

4 1/8 x 6 13/16"

Keywords

Abraham Schiller, Markus Schiller, Censorship, Poland, Rosh Hashana

Subcollection

Ghettos

Censored, Not Permitted Postcard from Abraham Schiller to Markus Schiller in Yiddish

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