"Israel" and "Sara" Envelope

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.298

Object Name

Envelope

Date

8-18-1941

Files

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Description

Grey envelope with typewritten address to Rolph A. Baum, with return address above to Peter Israel Hirschfeld. Includes brown censor tape on back.

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 a combined "Israel/Sara" registered envelope.

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 6 1/4"

Keywords

Stamp, Frankfort, Vancouver, Censor, New York, Seattle, air mail, Peter Israel Hirschfeld, Peter Hirschfeld, Rolph A. Baum, Franziska Sara Cahn, Franziska Cahn

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

""Israel" and "Sara" Envelope" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.298.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/979