"Sara" Envelope

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.303

Object Name

Envelope

Date

11-17-1941

Files

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Description

Blueish envelope with handwritten address to Miss Edith Bell with return address to Sara Bell on back flap.

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 "Sara" envelope sent from Vienna to Kew Gardens, Long Island, New York.

Dimensions

4 1/4 x 6"

Keywords

Luftpost, Lisbon, New York, Vienna, Long Island, air mail, reich seal, censor, Edith Bell, Sarah Bell

Recommended Citation

""Sara" Envelope" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.303.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/984