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Postcard To Rira Wachova From Unknown Inmate At Dora-Sangerhausen

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Message written in pencil across the entirety of the postcard. Back: Split by vertical black line. Left side has return address written in pencil on printed lines. Beneath is a purple textual hand stamp, and a large blue rectangular handstamp with German inside. The right side has a pink stamp of Hitler in profile facing right with a black Sangerhausen circular hand stamp over it. Beneath the address is written in pencil on printed dotted lines. Dora-Sangerhausen was a secret production facility for manufacture of the V-1 and V-2 rockets.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

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Correspondence Between Otto Seidlic In Theresienstadt And Blasa Blarenka Seidlicova

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with black printed postcard lines. Addressed to Blarenka Leidlic from Otto Leidlic. Includes message written in black ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Part of a series of correspondence between Otto Seidlic and Blarenka Seidlicova (2012.1.345a-e).

Translation: "My dear ones: I am well and with relatives. I am working like I did before. Hope that both of you are well. Write often, more frequent. In the event that you receive permission mail the package but no laundry. I am well. Greetings and kisses. Otto."

U.S. Commemoration Of War Crimes Commission Indictment Of Top Nazis Cover

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

White envelope with text in English: "War Crimes commission returns 25,000 Word Indictment vs. 24 Top Nazis including Goering, Hess and Von Ribbentrop." Includes a sheet with a blue "discontinued" stamp.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A War Crimes Commission was set up shortly after the war. It returned indictments against twenty-four Nazis, twenty-one of whom later stood trial before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremburg. Of the twenty-one defendants at Nuremburg three were acquitted, seven drew prison sentences, and eleven were sentenced to be hanged.

Correspondence Between Otto Seidlic In Theresienstadt And Blasa Seidlicova

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with purple border addressed to Otto Leidlic from Blarenka Seidlicove in black ink. Includes message written in black ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Part of a series of correspondence between Otto Seidlic and Blasa Seidlicova (2012.1.345a-e).

Translation: "Dearest Otto: Am waiting daily for permission and further information from you. Who were the relatives that you talked to? Was it Aunt Emilka? Are all healthy. Jui wonders what father does when he works in the garden. Kisses, Blasa, Jui."

Theresienstadt Postcard

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with decorative purple border and postcard lines. Addressed in black ink to Dr. Robert Ornstein from Elisabeth Reitzer. Includes message written in black ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard addressed to Dr. Robert Ornstein. A.O. 933. Theresienstadt Main, Sr 2. Translation: "Kladno, March 9, 1945. My dear one, I received the Permit -- mail at once. I hope that the package will arrive in time for Names day. Everything here is in order -- Greetings from Olga Birga. With my arms around you and a kiss” (signed).

Censored Correspondence To Prag-Pankratz Prison From Birkenau

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Envelope: Tan envelope addressed to Jaroslav Krěpínsky from Sirina Krěpínkská in black ink.Letter: Message written in black ink on graph paper with blue lines. Four pages.Note: Small message written in black ink on either side of a small piece of paper.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Prag-Schweringasse (9197) (Jewish Gathering Camp Birkenau). 1945 censored for content for man in prison Prag-Pankratz -- same for man and wife’s letter (2012.1.362ab).

Third Reich "Futches Reich" Propaganda Mini Stamps

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan paper with four red stamps of a skeletal Adolf Hitler. Titled, "We ein Volk Retten will kann nur Heroisch Denken."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: This 12 Pfennig parody is also known as the Hitler Skull Stamp or Deaths-Head Stamp. The bottom of stamp has been changed from Deutches Reich to "Futches Reich" (lost empire). The originals were produced during the war by the OSS ("Operation Cornflake"), the brainchild of "Wild Bill" Donovan, head of the OSS, the U.S. Espionage agency during WWII and precursor to the CIA. The effort was part of a broad-based propaganda campaign to …