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Identification Card For Irene Erdheim, A Jewish Woman From Vienna, Austria

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Interior: black and white photograph on left side with green 'Deutsches Reich 50' postage stamp below, 'CARTE D'IDENTITE' in bold with several handwritten lines below on right

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Identification card for Irene Erdheim, who had worked at the German post office in Vienna, was able to leave Vienna as a Jewish refugee for Palestine by 1940.

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Postcard From A Jewish Refugee In Germany Trapped In France En Route To England

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan postcard with neat blue ink cursive script vertically across the page. Some water damage on the lower left side. Back: Printed red postcard lines. Continuation of message in blue cursive ink on left side. The right side includes the address written in blue and black ink on the printed lines. Printed red stamp of a woman in classical garments holding a torch in the upper righthand corner. Black stamps across the top of the page.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard sent to Dr. Martin Nathan in Tel Aviv, Palestine. Alice describes her situation calmly, with a …

Postcard From Lutsk With Yiddish Writing

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan postcard with black printed postcard lines and text. Includes writing in black ink, two red postage stamps and three black hand stamps.Back: Message written in black ink on printed lines.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: The western Ukrainian town of Lutsk was the home of one of the oldest Jewish settlements in the Volhyn region, dating back to the 14th century. The Nazis occupied Lutsk on June 16, 1941, and soon thereafter 2,000 Jews were transported into the Lubbard Fortress and murdered. Jews were then herded into the ghetto in December of that year. In August 1942, …

Postcard From Cassell To Tel Aviv With Hand-Stamped Star Of David

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan postcard with writing in black Hebrew. Includes a red Jude and two black circular hand stamps in upper right corner.Back: Blue printed postcard lines with decorative border and black writing. Includes two black and one red hand stamp, and a pasted stamp in upper right corner showing horses pulling a carriage.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard Cassel to Tel Aviv, Palestine. 1939. Sent just a few months before war, this postcard has Nazi logo postmark and Jude red postmark.