Object ID
2012.1.292
Object Name
Postcard
Date
2-18-1939
Files
Download Full Text (2.0 MB)
Description
Tan postcard with green postcard lines with handwritten address in green ink. Includes a handwritten message with a hand stamp for Dr. Alfred Israel Jacobsohn.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
A law enacted August 17, 1938 required Jews with non-Jewish forenames to assume the name "Sara" if a woman and "Israel" if a man. This law became effective January 1, 1939. These names were to be used on all correspondence -- private or official -- including return addresses on mail. This postcard was posted at Koln (Cologne) to the currency exchange at Berlin. It had been numbered on receipt. Dr. Alfred "Israel" Jacobsohn was asking for a leaflet regarding the new Reichsmark (RM) credit, refundable in British pounds for emigrating Jews.
Dimensions
4 x 5 3/4"
Keywords
stamp, Koln, Cologne, currency, exchange, Berlin, Reichsmark, Alfred Isarel Jacobsohn, Alfred Jacobsohn
Subcollection
Early
Recommended Citation
""Israel" Postcard" (1939). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.292.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/973
![](https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1972/thumbnail.jpg)