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Envelope Addressed To "Ältestenrat Der Juden" (Eldest Of The Jews) From Theresienstadt Survivor

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White envelope addressed to the "Ältestenrat der Juden" (Eldest of the Jews) in Prague.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Letter addressed to the Judenrat, apparently from a Jewish survivor as Theresienstadt Ghetto was transferred to the Red Cross Authorities on May 3, 1945; hence OLMUTZ was freed just 2-3 days before this cover was mailed.

Ruins Of Warsaw Ghetto: Wirephoto

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Front: A photo of a church standing amongst the ruins of a town. Includes typewritten information on the left side.Back: Several pasted newspaper clips.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

AP Wirephoto of Catholic Church rising above the ashes of the former Warsaw ghetto. Catholic Church left standing in this 1945 photo of Warsaw ghetto where 20,000 Polish Jews lost their lives in uprising against Nazis in 1943. In 1940, more than 400,000 Jews had been herded inside its walled-off confines.

Verso: Thirty years later the Polish government conducted a ceremony to those who perished at a monument in the …

Theresienstadt Ghetto Postcard From Gestapo Prison 'Kleine Festung'

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Front: Tan postcard with printed message on left side, writing in purple pencil, a purple Adolf Hitler stamp, and black hand stamp.Back: A message in purple pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A Theresienstadt Ghetto postcard from the Gestapo Prison in 'Kline Festung,' 1945. The Gestapo used the "Small Fortress" as a prison, the largest in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The first inmates arrived in June, 1940. By the end of the war, 32,000 prisoners, of whom 5,000 were female, passed through the "Small Fortress," which was separate from the Jewish ghetto in the main fortress. An …