Envelope sent from Mauritius Detainment Camp

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.377

Object Name

Envelope

Date

7-11-1945

Files

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Description

Front: 8 multi-colored stamps; 'by airmail' stamp; many handstamps. Back: Handwritten return address, three hand stamps and a large penciled in 't' or 'x'.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Cover sent from Jewish detainment camp in Mauritius to Hertzliah, sent registered air mail 11 July 1945 arriving at destination on 3 August. Addressed to Dr. Fritz Loewy, Beth Dranoff, Herzliah. "Written in German" indicated on front.

Dimensions

4 1/4 x 5 1/2"

Keywords

Mauritius, Hertzliah, airmail, Palestine, Loewy, Dranoff

Subcollection

Internment

Recommended Citation

"Envelope sent from Mauritius Detainment Camp" (1945). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.377.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/632