Birth Announcement

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.280ab

Object Name

Announcement, Birth

Files

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Description

Card: White card with printed and handwritten information and an illustration of a baby in a crib.Envelope: White envelope with handwritten address in blue and an SS stamp. Return address written on back flap.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A card from a guard at the Sachsenhausen/Oranienburg concentration camp, with an SS Cachet on the front and address on reverse. It contains a birth announcement for the guard's baby boy.

Dimensions

a: 3 x 5 1/2"; b: 3 1/2 x 6"

Keywords

Baby, Birth announcement, Sachsenhausen, Orienberg Sachsenhausen, Orienberg, SS Cachet

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Birth Announcement" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.280ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/961