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Title

Feldpost Postcard from SS Organization Managing Resettlement of Ethnic Germans

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.283

Object Name

Postcard, Picture

Date

8-17-1940

Files

Description

Front: Black and white photograph of a busy street with a trolly and doubledecker bus.Back: Message handwritten in pencil and addressed to Marie Jenner.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Feldpost card with hand stamp from Volkdeutsche Mittelstelle Ausseldung Galizien, the Ethnic Germans' Welfare Office in Galicia, Poland. This postcard includes a hand stamp from this SS Organization responsible for the resettlement of Volkdeutsch (ethnic Germans) in occupied territories and also involved in the confiscation of Jewish properties.

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/4"

Keywords

Bus, Trolley, Berlin, Reich Seal, Galicia, Poland, Volkdeutsch, Confiscation, Property confiscation, Marie Jenner

Recommended Citation

"Feldpost Postcard from SS Organization Managing Resettlement of Ethnic Germans" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.283.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/964