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Postcard Commemorating 70th Anniversary Of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: reproduction of postcard sent in 1941 with large commemorative postage stamp at bottom left; Back: Black postcard lines with ‘JSR 6/16’ at bottom left.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Image of censored postcard from Warsaw Ghetto with ”Warschau Judenrat” red stamp, sent by R. Rubenlicht in 1941. Israeli stamp with image of Pawel Frenkel, one of the heroes of the Jewish resistance in the Ghetto killed in June 1943.

Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard Returned Not Sent

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Tan postcard with purple printed postcard lines. Handwritten address to Mina Baum from Amalia Fisch. Includes message written in black ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Litzmannstadt Ghetto postcard addressed to Mina Baum in Lublin from Amalia Fisch in Litzmannstadt. Postcard returned by German censor, never mailed. A card from Litzmanndstadt to Lublin, Poland. Returned by censor for apparent violations-"INHALT UNZULASSIG" ("CONTENTS INADMISSIBLE") due to mentioning: "Life is extremely difficult." "As long as we have a little money we can exist." "What lies ahead only our dear God knows." "My dying would be more peaceful and I will be …

Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard Returned

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with purple printed postcard lines with handwritten address to S. Hirowska and return address from S. Hajskopf with message written in ink. Message has red markings over it.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard addressed to S. Hirowska in Warsaw, return address from S. Hajskopf in Lidzmannstadt Ghetto with message written in ink. Postcard returned unsent. The notations "unclean", "Yiddish and Jewish language forbidden" and "Returned" were applied by German censor. Return address: S. Hajskopf, Litzmannstadt Ghetto , "Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Dec 25. Translation: "Dear Aunt, Uncle, and Emek, Grandmother and I received your card and it made …

Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with green printed postcard lines. Includes handwritten address in blue to Rev. Leon Rosenberg with return address from Hermann Pfamensh Rosenberg. Includes a message written in blue ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Litzmannstadt Ghetto postcard sent from one brother Hermann Rosenberg to another, Rev. Leon Rosenberg, possibly converted to Christianity and living in the U.S.A. Purple handstamp of Rumkowski and Judenrat (Jewish Elders), German censor markings.

"Dear Brother: Again the Lord has brought us great joy that we received your letter for which we thank you very much. We are very happy to hear that the …

Litzmannstadt Ghetto Postcard Returned Due To Inadmissible Contents

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with printed purple postcard lines. Includes handwritten address to J. Rosenblum from Shw. Berek and handwritten message.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

"Censored postcard from Litzmannstadt Ghetto prisoner to Jewish resident of Warsaw with red lined censor markings and hand- stamped ""INHALT UNZULASSIG"" meaning that some of the contents were inadmissible. Hence this postcard not sent.

Dear Parents and Grandparents, We received your letter dear father and the card -- On the first I shall give you an answer to the card that you sent. I am sorry that I cannot take care of the package that …

Censored Postcard Litzmannstadt Ghetto With "Inhalt Unzulassig" Cachet And Erased Content From Israel Beidermann

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with printed purple postcard lines with handwritten address to Kurt Schaffer from Israel Biedrmann with handwritten message including one censored portion.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard returned not posted due to inadmissible contents. Litzmannstadt Ghetto prisoner Mr. Biedermann’s postcard was ineligible to be posted due to German censor discovering content that would be too provocative to mail. Hence the stamped censor mark “INHALT UNZULASSIG”. These decisions were quite arbitrary and ensured that prisoners were cut off from the outside world.

Real Photo Polish Postcards Of Nazi Atrocities

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Black and white photograph of a group of people carrying their belongings with printed postcard lines and caption on back.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Jews packing belongings for trip to the ghetto in Grodno.

Gestapo Report On Confiscation Of Counterfeit Money From Adolf Abraham

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Half sheet with German text printed and handwritten. Titled, "Einlieferungsanzeige Beschlangnahmeanzeige."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A confiscation report by the Gestapo. They confiscated ninety-one faked money bills from a Jew, Adolf Abraham. The document is stamped by SS and Litzmannstadt Ghetto administration. Mr. Abraham died at Litzmannstadt on May 11, 1942.