Correspondence from an Austrian Jew

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.306c

Object Name

Postcard

Date

7-7-1938

Files

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Description

White envelope with address handwritten to Soloman Weiser and return address to Wisn Weiser on the back flap.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The following correspondence may chronicle the fate of one Austrian Jew, including items 2012.1.306a, 2012.1.306b and 2012.1.306c. This third item is an envelope with an addressee at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, in which Buchenwald is crossed out. The Zuruck on front instructs to return to sender and boxed stamp impression on reverse advises "addressee allowed no mail until further notice."

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 6 1/2"

Keywords

Germany, Stamp, Austria, Vienna, Buchenwald, Zuruck, Weiser, Soloman Weiser, Wisn Weiser

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Correspondence from an Austrian Jew" (1938). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.306c.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/989