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Postcard From A Jewish Refugee In Germany Trapped In France En Route To England Oct 1939

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 Reveals Attempts Of Family To Escape Nazi Germany May 1939

Postcard Reveals Attempts Of Family To Escape Nazi Germany

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan postcard with handwritten letter.Back: Black printed postcard lines with continuation of message and address in black ink. Includes a red postage stamp on upper right, as well as several black hand stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Like many others, the Wernick family tried to send the younger generation to Palestine. German postcard dated 1.5.39, handwritten in German, addressed from one sister to another in Tel Aviv; "... at this time we cannot come (to Palestine). We have no certificate, do not know when it will arrive, hoping it will not take a long time. Our Ethel …


Postcard From Cassell To Tel Aviv With Hand-Stamped Star Of David Jan 1939

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.