Object ID
2012.1.274
Object Name
Envelope
Date
9-1-1946
Files
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Description
Green envelope with handwritten address to "A. Cymerman" with "Via A.J.D.C." purple hand stamp.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
In addition to its various humanitarian missions, the American Joint Distribution Committee acted as a mail carrier not only for its field workers but also for refugees, displaced persons and other Jews in need. For the most part, this service was provided through its Paris office. Mail would be gathered at other offices and sent by courier to Paris whence it would then be sent abroad either by messenger or under cover to a local Jewish agency for distribution. Envelope from Stuttgart "via A.J.D.C./Paris" by courier to the Australian Jewish Welfare Society, Melbourne (handstamp on flap, dated August 1, 1946), censored in Offenbach (May 5) with censor tape across flap, large AJDC double circle hand stamp.
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 6 1/4"
Keywords
Sydney, Australia, AJDC, American Joint Distribution Committee, Australian Jewish Welfare Society, Melbourne, Censor, A. Cymerman, A. Zymermann
Subcollection
Rescue
Recommended Citation
"The American Joint Distribution Committee as Courier Post-World War II Envelope to Australia" (1946). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.274.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/955