Postcard of the Exile of Pabianice's Jews

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.310

Object Name

Postcard, Picture

Date

1942

Files

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Description

Front: Photo of a line of Jewish people bundled in warm clothes and carrying their possessions on the side of a cobbled street, next to several buildings. Black Hebrew text in the lefthand corner with the year 1942 written out. Back: Blank postcard with printed black lines. On the upper righthand side some stamped on Hebrew letters.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard, not postally used, with Hebrew writing, describing the expulsion of Pabianice’s Jewish population to the ghetto formed in the old district. More than 8,000 Jews were concentrated there. Pictured here is a procession of the exiled Pabianice Jews with whatever belongings they could carry to the ghetto in 1940.

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 5 1/2"

Keywords

Pabiance, exile

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Postcard of the Exile of Pabianice's Jews" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.310.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/568