Censored Postcard Litzmannstadt Ghetto with "INHALT UNZULASSIG" Cachet and Erased Content from Israel Beidermann

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.311

Object Name

Postcard

Files

Description

Tan postcard with printed purple postcard lines with handwritten address to Kurt Schaffer from Israel Biedrmann with handwritten message including one censored portion.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard returned not posted due to inadmissible contents. Litzmannstadt Ghetto prisoner Mr. Biedermann’s postcard was ineligible to be posted due to German censor discovering content that would be too provocative to mail. Hence the stamped censor mark “INHALT UNZULASSIG”. These decisions were quite arbitrary and ensured that prisoners were cut off from the outside world.

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Stamp, Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Litzmannstadt, Ghetto, Israel Biedirmann, Biedirmann

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Censored Postcard Litzmannstadt Ghetto with "INHALT UNZULASSIG" Cachet and Erased Content from Israel Beidermann" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.311.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/994