Envelope from Eschwege Displaced Persons Camp

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.174

Object Name

Envelope

Date

8-25-1947

Files

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Description

Brown envelope with typewritten address to Mrs. Sylvia Levy crossed out in pencil with an additional address written below. Includes typewritten return address on back.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Eschwege was a DP camp in the Frankfort district, Germany, at this time in the American-occupied zone in 1946. There were approximately 3500 Jews at its peak who established a synagogue, theater group and an auditorium, a newspaper, and a sports club. The cover is addressed to a Mrs. Sylvia Levy in Los Angeles and is from Gubieska Rywa at P.C.I.R.O 1025, forerunner of the International Refugee Organization. Eschwege closed in 1949.

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 6 1/4''

Keywords

Germany, displaced persons camp, displaced persons, D.P., Sylvia Levy, Bubieska Rywa

Subcollection

Bergen Belsen, Post

Recommended Citation

"Envelope from Eschwege Displaced Persons Camp" (1947). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.174.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/856