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Envelope From The Preparatory Commission Of The International Refugee Organization Sent From Apo 407 (Munich)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan envelope with typewritten address to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York, Atten: Mr. M.J. Joslow. Includes stamped and printed return address from the Personal Service Department of the America Joint Distribution Committee.

Envelope From The Preparatory Commission Of The International Refugee Organization Sent From Apo 541 (Austria)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Green envelope with typewritten address to the American Joint Distribution Committee.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Late designation of PCIRO just before change to IRO.

Envelope From The Preparatory Commission Of The International Refugee Organization Sent From Apo 407 (Munich)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan envelope with typewritten address to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York. Includes stamped and printed return address from the Personal Service Department of the America Joint Distribution Committee.

American Joint Distribution Committee Envelope Concerning Displaced Persons, Sent From Apo 571 (Belgium)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Brown envelope with typewritten address to Mr. Frederick Grubel, from Beatrice Vulcan.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The USFET (U.S. Forces European Theater) Mission in Belgium worked with the American Joint Distribution Committee on matters concerning Jewish displaced persons. Writer used APO 757 HQ return address.

Envelope From The Preparatory Commission Of The International Refugee Organization Sent From Apo 225 (Germany)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan envelope with typewritten address to the American Joint Distribution Committee with printed return address to the American Joint Distribution Committee on back.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: PCIRO Team 1046.

Envelope From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 407

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

American Joint Distribution stationery with typewritten address to Mr. Jacob M. Joslow.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: From AJDC HQ in Frankfort. Jacob Joslow was at the ADJC NY office, then at AJDC/UNRRA HQ Munich and then back in NY, always communicating through APO 757. From Munich. APO 757 stationery carried far afield.

Envelope From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 757 (Heidelberg)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

White envelope addressed to the American Joint Distribution Committee's UNRRA U.S. Zone Headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. Printed return address to Blank and Gambino in New York.

Mt. Vernon By Ann Rouse

Newspaper Articles

Miss Iva Dean, student nurse of City hospital, spent the holidays with her father, Mr. Selh Dean. . . . Donald Glover of OSU and Waverly Glover of Wilberforce visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glover, during the holidays. ... Miss Irene Sharp, student at "OSU, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sharp, during her holiday vacation from the Columbus school. . . . Georgo Earl Crosson of Louisville, has been the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Crosson during the past two weeks. ... Mr. and Mrs. Trusty "White of New York visited with "Mr. and …

American Joint Distribution Committee Correspondence Concerning Displaced Persons, Sent From Apo 174 (Linz)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Envelope: Green envelope with typewritten address to the American Joint Distribution Committee on American Joint Distribution Committee stationery.Form: Printed form with title "American Joint Distribution Committee Austria Search Bureau Search-Request." Includes typewritten information.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: An example form used to find the families of displaced persons.

Envelope From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 171 (Kassel, Germany)

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White envelope with red and blue decorative border. Address typewritten to the American Joint Distribution Committee. Stamped return address from Morris Fishman.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: UNRRA Team 1034.

Envelope From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 170

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White envelope with typewritten address to Mr. Maurice Eigen. Includes stamped return address to M.J. Joslow.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: From AJDC HQ in Frankfort. Jacob Joslow was at the ADJC NY office, then at AJDC/UNRRA HQ Munich and then back in NY, always communicating through APO 757. From the AJDC HQ in Munich.

Envelope From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 541 (Austria)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

White envelope with decorative blue and red border. Addressed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Joint Distribution Committee from M. Lomshow.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: UNRRA Team 325.

American Joint Distribution Committee Envelope Concerning Displaced Persons, Sent From Apo 777 (Saltzberg)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Brown envelope with typewritten address to Mr. M. Berger with stamped return address to the American Joint Distribution Committee Headquarters.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Envelope from the American Joint Distribution Committee Displaced Persons Division at the U.S. Forces in Austria (USFA) headquarters.

From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 633 (Germany)

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White envelope with red decorative border. Typewritten address to Mr. M. Jacob Joslow from Lucy Schildkret.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: From AJDC HQ in Frankfort. Jacob Joslow was at the ADJC NY office, then at AJDC/UNRRA HQ Munich and then back in NY, always communicating through APO 757.

Envelope From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 170 (Germany)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Brown envelope with typewritten address to Mr. Benjamin B. Goldman with A.J.DC. return address stamped in purple.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

ADJC’s Headquarters moved from Frankfort to Munich to Heidelberg and back to Frankfort. Field agents often carried HQ stationery with them and sent mail from a convenient APO.

Envelope From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 777 (Austria)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Brown American Joint Distribution Committee stationary from with typewritten address to the Joint Distribution Committee, New York.

Envelope From The United National Relief And Rehabilitation Administration Sent From Apo 887 (France)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

White envelope with decorative red and blue border. Typewritten address to the Victorian Search Bureau from the American Joint Distribution Committee.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: To Australia through French PO.

Envelope To Salome Goldstein, New York From Victoria Woolen Co., Inc., New York (German Family Escapes The Holocaust)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

A white envelope with a return address printed in the upper left corner. Includes a typewritten address, several black hand stamps and some pencil markings.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Group of items pertaining to the timely escape of a Jewish family from persecution in Hitler's Germany. Includes: (2015.2.202) a legalized copy of a letter from Chase National Bank to the American Consul in Vienna, Nov. 19, 1938, stating that the American Louis Cohen wishes to be responsible for the entrance of Salome Goldstein to the U.S., and further states that he maintains accounts at the bank and has …

Postcard From Belgian Survivor Felice Grossman Describing Her Wartime Experiences

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Postcard with red printed postcard lines and message written in black ink. Addressed to the Bronx in New York City.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

11 Fr. Belgian stationery card written by Felice Grossmann to Herta Schwarzstein, her family member in New York. Felice reveals her whereabouts during the war years: "I am finally allowed to write... I have been hiding, for almost two years, in a Monastery... You can not imagine the horror, fear, misery and persecutions we suffered in the last four years... All we think about is how to reach you [in the United States] and …

U.S. Certificate Of Naturalization For Gerdy Kaston (Formerly Gertrude Katzenstein)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Document with decorative border, titled, "Certficiate of Naturalization" with serial number 6295095. Includes several signatures, as well as printed and typewritten information. Several lines of text on back.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Gertrude Katzenstein, a German citizen who was able to escape Nazi Germany and emigrate to America.

[Items relating to Gertrude Katzenstein: 2012.1.38ab, 2012.1.39, 2012.1.40, 2012.1.94, 2012.1.95ab, 2012.1.566]

Envelope From The United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration (Unrra) To The American Joint Distribution Committee

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White envelope addressed to Joseph C. Hyman, American Joint Distribution Committee in New York from M.W. Beckelman, UNRRA. Includes Beckelman's signature.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was active from December 9, 1944 to June 30, 1947. This envelope is an early use of the UNRRA designation. Stamped API 759 (Casablanca) June 28, 1944, self-censored.

Memorial Service For Jewish Dead In Madison Square Garden

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: A pair of oversize tablets with the Ten Commandments on them are in the background of a large group of people. The group appears to be armymen and civilians, consisting of both men and women, stand in a row with the flags of allied nations behind them. There is a table with three chairs, the men in those chairs facing towards the Ten Commandments. Below them are a group of cantors dressed in all white with hats and tallis on, singing. Back: A glued-on news release describing the event in faded paper. New York, N.Y.

Information Provided by Michael …

"Sara" Envelope

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Blueish envelope with handwritten address to Miss Edith Bell with return address to Sara Bell on back flap.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A law enacted August 17, 1938 required Jews with non-Jewish forenames to assume the name "Sara" if a woman and "Israel" if a man. This law became effective January 1, 1939. These names were to be used on all correspondence -- private or official -- including return addresses on mail. This is a "Sara" envelope sent from Vienna to Kew Gardens, Long Island, New York.

Envelope From "Israel"

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Blue envelope. Address written in black cursive ink on left side. Three pasted stamps in upper right (from lefto to right): Purple, dark green light green. All depict a man's face in profile facing left. Writing on left side in pencil. Lower left has two pasted stamps: rectangular R stamp, and blue Mit Luftpust. Edges of brown censor tape on bottom each side. Back: Return address written in black cursive ink on flap. Many New York circular hand stamps, and a Nazi circular stamp. Brown censor tape at bottom.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Censored air mail "Israel" cover …

"Israel" And "Sara" Envelope

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Grey envelope with typewritten address to Rolph A. Baum, with return address above to Peter Israel Hirschfeld. Includes brown censor tape on back.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A law enacted August 17, 1938 required Jews with non-Jewish forenames to assume the name "Sara" if a woman and "Israel" if a man. This law became effective January 1, 1939. These names were to be used on all correspondence -- private or official -- including return addresses on mail. This is a combined "Israel/Sara" registered envelope.

Wehrmacht Censored Envelope From Denmark To New York

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan envelope with address written in black ink, with certain parts crossed out and rewritten in pencil. Includes a printed return address at the top, as well as two red postage stamps and two black hand stamps.Back: Includes Nazi censor tape, as well as one red and three black hand stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Letter mailed approximately one year after German occupation.

Envelope From "Israel"

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Blue envelope with address typewritten. Printed Mit Luftpost in blue on bottom left corner. Two pasted stamps in upper right: one pink pasted horizontally with man in profile facing up in silver, and one green with man in profile facing left. A black circular handstamp over each of them. Back: Absender typed with return address written in blue ink. Blue Nazi eagle circular hand stamp below that, and a piece of white censorship tape with upside down Nazi insignia.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Censored cover sent by one Jewish physician in Allenstein, Germany with the required "Israel" identifier …

Envelope From "Sara"

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Blue envelope with address written in black cursive ink. Printeed Luftpost emblem in bottom left, obscured by EXAMINER 1096 white censorship tape. Pieces of tape in the top left and right sides. Two stamps pasted in upper right: blue stamp of a man in profile facing left on top of a purple one of a man in profile facing left. A black circular hand stamp over each. Back: Return address written in black cursive ink on flap. Black Nazi eagle hand stamp on flap. White censorhip tape with Nazi eagle insignia across bottom. OPENED BY sticker on right side.

Information …

Hias [Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society]

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Cover with illustations of six faces, including a baby, woman hugging baby, old man with white mustache, young boy in cap, young girl with brown hair, old woman with white hair. HIAS in left upper corner in white with red background.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), based in New York, was an organization focused on helping Jewish immigrants migrate to the United States where they would be assisted with food, shelter, and employment. This magazine was used to solicit funding from Americans sympathetic to the plight of European Jews trapped in Europe, attempting to …

Correspondence To Salome Goldstein, New York, New York (German Family Escapes The Holocaust)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Envelope front: White envelope with rip on right side. Includes address written in black cursive ink, two circular black hand stamp and white censor tape.Envelope back: Return address written in ink on top flap with white censor tape and several pencil markings.Letter: Message written in English on write paper.Paper front: Ripped piece of paper with an address written in black ink with additional writing in pencil.Paper back: Printed black British Manufacture title with writing in pencil beneath.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Group of items pertaining to the timely escape of a Jewish family from persecution in Hitler's Germany. …