Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.312

Object Name

Postcard

Date

7-23-1942

Files

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Description

Tan postcard with black printed postcard lines. Includes handwritten address to Robert Reitzer with stamped return address from, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt." Includes printed and handwritten message.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard from the Elders of the Jews in Litzmannstadt to Mr. Robert Reitzer, Kladno. The message reads: "To Robert Reitzer family and present address, Bruemmengasse 18/17 and is in good health. CH. Rumkowski, the Elders of the Jews in Litzmannstadt." Chaim Rumkowski headed the Council of Elders in the Litzmannstadt (Lodz) Ghetto.

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Litzmannstadt, Ghetto, stamp, Kladno Bruemmengasse, Robert Reitzer, Reitzer, C.H. Rumkowski

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.312.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/995