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Letter From Mavis Batey

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: A note written in blue ink on white paper in English.Back: The letter continues. Includes a signature.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A letter written by Mavis Batey, one of the leading code breakers at Bletchley Park in World War II, and crucial to the success of D-Day. Along with Dilly Knox and Margaret Rock, she was instrumental in breaking the Enigma cipher used by the German secret service, the Abwehr. Bletchley Park was a mansion 50 miles northwest of London, and was the top secret wartime home of Government Communications Headquarters, or "Station X." Mrs. Batey's husband …

Enigma Machine

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

A color photograph of the Enigma machine.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Enigma machine invented by Germans for transmitting secret military information. Alan Turing and others at Bletchley Park's cipher program in England were able to break the Enigma code which helped with the Allied war effort.

First Day Cover: Lithuanian First Day Cover Commemorating Chiune Sugihara

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

White envelope with a photograph of a fenced-off buildling and a stamp with a black and white photograph of Chiune Sugihara.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Commemorative Lithuanian First Day Cover for Chiune Sugihara, who was the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1940. He issued Japanese visas to Polish Jews against the orders of his government, as a consequence of which Jewish refugees were able to escape to Japan and other countries.

First Day Cover: Argentinian Commemoration Of Raoul Wallenberg And Holocaust

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Off-white envelope with illustration of barbed wire and a yellow Star of David Patch. Includes a purple Raoul Wallenberg stamp.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Argentinian First Day Cover commemorating Raoul Wallenberg and victims of the Holocaust.