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Letter From Neuengamme Concentration Camp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Divided in two by center fold. Red Deutsches Reich stamp in upper right covered by 'Hamburg-Bergedorf' handstamp. The number 6 is circled. Other side: 'Konzentrationslager Hamburg-Neuengamme' handstamp with a circled '24'. Back: Handwritten letter takes up most of the space. 'Auszug aus der Lagerordnung' printed text on top.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Lettersheet from a prisoner in the concentration camp of Neuengamme in Germany near Hamburg. Konzenentrationslager KL cover written on camp-issued stationery. The cover is addressed to Litzmannstadt, the sender and addressee have the same names and are family members. Postmarked October 12, 1944. On preprinted …

Postcard From Prague Ghetto

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with printed purple postcard lines and decorative border. Addressed to Therese Hecht from Oskar Hecht in pencil. Includes message in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postmarked in Prague and sent to Therese (Risa) Hecht: “Dearest Risa: Received your package in good condition yesterday and was overjoyed. Also the two cards from the 2nd and 3rd. As of today I received one letter, one note and two postcards. Risa in one letter you write that you will send me covers. I did not receive them. I wrote to the children but no reply today. Sorry about Frank. …

Package Acknowledgement From Theresienstadt Ghetto

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: A white postcard including black printed postcard lines, writing in purple pencil, two identitical stamps of Adolf Hitler in profile, and black and blue hand stamps.Back: A printed message with additions in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A package acknowledgement from Olga Hoffman, a Jewish woman interned in the Theresienstadt/Terezin Ghetto, noting the receipt of a package.

Package Receipt, Rosa Ornstein, From Theresienstadt Ghetto

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan postcard with printed black text and blanks, with black writing in cursive. Some writing in pencil in lower righthand corner. Back: Black printed postcard lines. Return address written in black ink on upper lefthand corner. Address written in black ink on right side. Black stamp across length of the top. 11b stamp in blue on left side. Purple pasted stamp of Hitler in profile facing left on right top corner.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Package receipt acknowledgement sent by Elizabeth Rosa Ornstein (Born May 2, 1896) on July 7, 1944. Rosa was prisoner number 46606 at …

Letter From Jurgen Stroop

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Typewritten letter on "Der Höhere SS-Und Polizeiführer" stationery. Includes signature in black.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Stroop was the SS Police Leader of Warsaw who was responsible for the savage crushing of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943 about which he wrote a book - intended as a souvenir for Himmler - originally entitled “The Warsaw Ghetto is no more.” It took Stroop and his army a month of overwhelming firepower to subdue the ghetto fighters who had little in the way of food or ordnance. Indeed, Stroop grudgingly acknowledged surprise at the fighting spirit of the ghetto …

Postcard From Arbeitslager To Relico

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan postcard with printed black text in French and writing in purple pencil. Several black and purple hand stamps.Back: Black printed postcard lines and address. Includes several red and black hand stamps, and a blue stripe diagonal across the page.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Unfranked RELICO postcard with censor marks and chemical censor, printed card from Abraham Taub who writes from a work camp Jowischovitz in Upper Silesia to Comité RELICO (Relief Committee for the Warstricken Jewish Population), founded by Abraham Silberschein, in Geneva Switzerland, dated June 24, 1944.

Theresienstadt Postcard

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard addressed to P. Kämpf from Oskar Kuhn in pencil. Includes printed message with additions written in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Card acknowledging package from Mr. P. Kampf to an inmate of Theresienstadt Ghetto, Oskar Kuhn -- Vienna 9. Theresiandstadt. Turngasse 1. Translation: "I wish to confirm receipt of your package and thank you as of April 17. Happy birthday, Oskar Kuhn."

Postcard Package Receipt From Theresienstadt Ghetto

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan postcard with black printed text and blanks with writing in green ink. Back: Black printed postcard lines. Return address written in upper lefthand corner in green ink. Address written on right in green ink. 11b stamp on left side. Pencil marking in upper righthand corner. Postcard written by (Gertruda) Trüde Shön (born January 21, 1900). Prisoner number 65152. Transported from Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt. Transported from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz October 9, 1944. She did not survive.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard written by (Gertruda) Trüde Shön (born 21 January 1900). Prisoner number 65152. Transported from …

Theresienstadt Ghetto Package Receipt Acknowledgement

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Green postcard with printed black text, and pencil writing filling in blanks. Back: Black printed postcard lines, with pencil-written return address in upper lefthand corner, and address written on right side. 11b handstamp on left side. Purple stamp with Hitler in profile facing left on upper righthand corner, with black circular handstamp over it.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Package receipt acknowledgement from Theresienstadt Ghetto written by one Pinkas Hoffmann.

Bialystok Ghetto Application For Day Off

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan document titled, "Postamt Bialystok." Includes typewritten and handwritten text and a partially-filled table.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Document from Bialystok Ghetto in which a worker requests an additional day off. Stamped Getto Verwaltung or Ghetto Administration.

Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with black printed postcard lines. Includes a handwritten address to Bohemil Dudler with stamped return address to, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt." Includes a printed and handwritten message from Josef Tanger.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A postcard sent from the Jewish Elders (Judenrat) in Litzmannstadt Ghetto stating that 25 Reichsmarks were received. With signature.

"Orderly Traffic" In The Warsaw Ghetto

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: A black and white photograph of Jewish people in pushcarts being pushed through the streets by young men.Back: A taped piece of paper with a typewritten caption in purple, as well as several hand stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Wire photo with attached information verso: "Warsaw, Poland... A picture from a leading German magazine, received in the United States through neutral sources, showing, according to the German caption, orderly traffic in the walled-in ghetto of Warsaw. The Germans say of these aged Jews in their rolling chairs, they formerly occupied prominent places in the world, were driven …

Lvov Ghetto Work Form

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: White paper with printed black boxes and text, with various hand stamps and writing.Back: White paper with printed black boxes and text with signature in blue ink.These documents determined an individual's work in the Lvov Ghetto.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Pre-printed form used for determining an individual's work in Lvov, with blue oval Lvov Ghetto stamps.

Litzmannstadt Judenpost Stamp Depicting Jewish Elder Head Chaim Rumkowski

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Green paper with an image on left side, and black bar on right side. Image includes the head of a man in glasses [Chaim Rumkowski, head of the Altestenate [Council of Jewish Elders] in Lodz Ghetto] surrounded by workers, as well as people walking up onto a wooden bridge. Includes text in white and black.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Rare 10 pfg. gray imperforate photographic essay depicting Chaim Rumkowski, head of Altestenate (Council of Jewish Elders) in Lodz Ghetto, printed on thick paper without gum.

Postcard From Theresienstadt Ghetto

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Printed black postcard lines with black cursive address and return address.Back: A handwritten message in black ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A card from Theresienstadt Ghetto with a full message permitted by the Germans for propaganda purposes -- to send "happy" messages to people outside the ghetto. The message had to be written in German and censored.

Parcel Slip From Theresienstadt Concentration Camp/Ghetto To Kleine Festung

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Tan slip with printed text and red, black and blue hand stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Theresienstadt Concentration Camp/Ghetto parcel to Kleine Festung from the small fortress Gestapo Prison, Terezin, 1944.