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

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.237

Object Name

Postcard

Files

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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

Recommended Citation

"Censored, Not Permitted Postcard from Abraham Schiller to Markus Schiller in Yiddish" (2015). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.237.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/52