"Israel" Postcard

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.295

Object Name

Postcard

Date

8-6-1940

Files

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Description

A tan postcard addressed to Fred Hess with red postcard lines and a message handwritten in black ink.

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 is an "Israel" postcard from Frankfurt to Tjornarp, Sweden.

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Frankfurt, Tjornarp, Sweden, stamp, Reich seal, Fred Hess

Recommended Citation

""Israel" Postcard" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.295.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/976