Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.313

Object Name

Postcard

Date

4-24-1942

Files

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Description

Tan postcard with printed purple postcard lines. Includes handwritten address to Sparkass (savings bank) in Litzmannstadt from Gertrude Sara Kugelman. Includes handwritten message.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A postcard sent to the city bank, Litzmannstadt, Wantlegan, sent by Gertrude Sara Kugelmann. She wrote: "To the Ghetto Adminstration: In today's mail I sent 10 D Mark to Mrs. Johanna Sara Kuffanbarger, Litzmannstadt, Gresner St. 26. Please advise of the receipt of money to Mrs. Harberger on the attached card. Gertrude Kugelman, Jew bank 14. Frankfurt/in April 24, 1942."

Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Litzmannstadt, Ghetto, stamp, city, bank, Wantlegan, Frankfurt, Gertrude Sara Kugelmann, Johanna Sara Kuffanbarger, Gertrude Sara Kugelman, Gertrude Kugelmann, Gertrude Kugelman

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.313.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/996