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Messina Porta Principale Del Duomo

Orville E. Watson, D.D. Postcard Collection

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Messina Duomo

Orville E. Watson, D.D. Postcard Collection

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Chistro Ed Antico Cimitero Di S. Francesco.

Orville E. Watson, D.D. Postcard Collection

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Collectable Card Of Gino Bartali

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Illustration of Gino Bartali in yellow shirt titled, "Sport Kings Gum."Back: Information printed in green.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Gino Bartali was a much beloved champion cyclist who had won the Giro d'Italia three times and the Tour de France on two occasions. A devout Catholic with strong moral convictions, he risked his life to help Jews living in Italy. A messenger in the military, he transported identity documents for Jews, as well as distributed money from a Swiss bank account to Jews in hiding in Florence. He hid his friend Giacomo Goldenberg and his family in …

Italian Commemoration For National Congress Postcard

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Silver front with an illustration of a dead body laying near barbed wire. Back includes blank postcard lines.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A commemorative postcard for the National Congress in the city of Genova, Italy, by the Associazione Nazionale Ex Deportati.

"Carta D'Identita" (Identity Card) For Helena Harnisch-Szapira

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Cream-colored booklet with green decoration. Titled, "Regno d'Italia Comvne di Fano Carta d'Identita" with serial number 14.520.555. Interior includes typewritten biographical information and a black and white photograph of an older woman.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: An identity card for Helena Harnisch-Szapira, a Polish Jew able to escape to Italy.

Copy Of Press Photo Of Fede At Spezia, Italy Dock With Jewish Refugees

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Image of ship with the following text below: “(NY7-May 3) REFUGEE SHIP – The motorship Fede stands by at the dock at La Spezia, Italy, April 19 while Jewish refugees await British government permission to leave for Palestine. Some of the refugees are on board the ship, and others are on the dock. (AP Wirephoto) (KCH61245ROME-STG) 1946.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The Fede stands by at the dock at La Spezia, Italy, April 19, 1946, while more than a thousand Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe await British government permission to leave for Palestine. Some of the refugees are …

Envelope From Apo 394, Italy

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Long brown envelope addressed to Mr. Paul Baerwald on War Department Official Business stationery.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: An envelope from APO 394, Italy, the headquarters of the Allied Commission.

Postcard To Professor M. Lowy, A Jew In Modena

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Postcard with text printed in green and stamped with purple ink. Address and additional text handwritten in black ink. Message handwritten in black ink on opposite side.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Italian Fascist censored (two-line handstamp and circular R-Questura Modena stamp recto and boxed 2 verso) propaganda postcard, with King Victor Emmanuelle Stamp and “Vinceremo” (“we will win”) imprinted on the postcard, sent to a Professor Maurizio Lowy in Finale-Emilia in the province of Modena. This card was sent in the final phase of Italy’s wholehearted support of the Nazis. Mr. Lowy perhaps served as a conduit for …

Envelope From Ferramonti Di Tarsia Concentration Camp To Red Cross In Switzerland

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: A blue envelope with writing in black ink, five green postage stamps and a purple hand stamp.Back: Includes writing in black ink, a strip of white censor tape and several black and purple hand stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Includes a camp handstamp, an Italian censor and undated postmarks. Sent by a Czech Jew, Ladislav Rosinger. The largest of the internment camps established by Mussolini between June and September 1940. Ferramonti in southern Italy held more than 3,800 Jews as well as political prisoners. The majority of prisoners were foreign-born. Prisoners were able to establish a library, …

Censored Postcard Sent By David Levy From Borgo Val Di Taro (Borgotaro) To Delasem Leader Septimus Sorani In Rome

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard, “VINCEREMO” printed across left side, titled “CARTOLINA POSTALE” in brown print at top, brown postage stamp on right side above “CENSURA 3” stamped in blue.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Sorani was a Jewish delegate of the Rome office of DELASEM (DELEGAZIONE PER L’ASSISTENZA EMIGRANTI EBREI), the Jewish resistance organization in Italy aiding Jews - both Italian and foreign - who fell beneath the Axis boot. DELASEM provided money, housing, and if necessary, false documents to assist refugees interned in Italian camps. Support for DELASEM came from international organizations such as AJDC and HIAS, as well as …

Postcard Sent By Woman Before Her Deportation

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan postcard with red printed postcard lines and message written in black ink. Addressed to Ludwig Eppstein from L. Katzenberg.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard mailed from mother-in-law L. Katzenberg to Ludwig Eppstein, her son-in-law. Mailed from Hoppstadter (Nahe) to Italy. Translation:"My love ones, happy with your birthday wishes. To my great sorrow have no news from our beloved ones... We are getting ready to move, it should be happen next week [deportation to the death camps in the east] ... I know you are about to experience rough times I wish I was able to spare it …

Censored Postcard To Bella Janowitz, Civilian Intern In “Concentration Camp” On Island Of Rhodes,

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: handwritten note, typed address to Bella Janowitz, black circular hand stamp. Back: Handwritten note.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard sent by relative in Zvolen, Slovakia.

Feldpost Envelope From Member Of Ss Polizei Einsaztkommando Burger

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Addressed in blue ink to Frau Elsie Kitahofer. One red stamp with Hitler's profile facing left in right corner with black circular hand stamp over it. Back: Return address handwritten in blue ink on top flap.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

SS Feldpost cover from member of SS Polizei Einsaztkommando Bürger, an anti-partisan unit operating in the Ukraine and subsequently in Italy. This cover is from Ungarische-Brod.

Censored Postcard To Bella Janowitz Interned In “Concentration Camp” On Island Of Rhodes

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Image of a large estate at the base of mountains with 'Lubochna - Spa' caption below; handwritten address with red and black circular hand stamps, 'Slovenska Posta' postage stamp with figure in profile. Back: Handwritten note dated July 10, 1941.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard sent by relative in Slovakia.

Postcard From Slovakia To Rhodes

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: 'Trapa' repeated along edge to create a border; drawing of Star of David in upper left corner. Back: Handwritten text, Large black ink blot on top.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard from Julius Janovitz to Bella Janovitz, whom he refers to as a civilian intern of war, and as a former passenger on the ill-fated Pentcho, is now in the “concentration camp” on the island of Rhodes. Interesting is the drawing of the Star of David recto. Julius, who was perhaps Bella’s father, perished in the war. Bella was ultimately to be relocated to the Italian internment …

Postcard From Slovakia To Ferramonti Di Tarsia Internment Camp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Green border; two indecipherable circular hand stamps; typed text; hole punch at top right corner. Back: Typed text filling up entirety of back.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard from Julius Janovitz from Slovakia to family member Izabela Janovitz, who had been a passenger on the ill-fated Pentcho and, having been on the island of Rhodes, under Italian control, quartered in a stadium, has by the time of this writing been moved, along with most of the passengers, to the Ferramonti di Tarsia internment camp.

Ferramonti, near Tarsia in Southern Italy, was the largest Italian concentration camp. Opened …

Postcard From Slovakia To Ferramonti Di Tarsia Internment Camp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Green border; red 'Slovensko' postage stamp in top right; three circular hand stamps; typed text. Back: Typed text filling up entirety of page.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Julius Janovitz from Zvolen, Slovakia here corresponds with Fridrich Kohn, another internee of the Ferramonti di Tarsia Italian internment camp who was possibly a passenger on the Pentcho.

Envelope Sent By International Brigade In Lerida To Italy

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Four stamps, two in right corner, two on bottom left corner facing horizontally. All are purple with image of Isabella I of Catille, worth 40 cts. One circular black stamp over each grouping of two. Address handwritten in black ink. A "Censura Militar" stamp in blue on the left side. Back: Black circular stamp on rightside. Sent to the same correspondent as 2014.1.291

Spanish Civil War Envelope : International Brigades To Italy

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Two identical purple stamps with image of Isabella I of Castille in right corner, each 40 cts. Has a circular purple stamp over it. Two other purple stamps, one faded oval stamp and one square censorship stamp. Address handwritten in black ink. Back: Black circular stamp on right side. Flap cut off. Sent to the same correspondent as 2014.1.292

J-Stamped Reisepass For Ernestine Aigner

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

"Brown booklet titled, ""Deutsches Reich, Reisepass."" Includes photograph on page 2 of 32 pages, no marks on pages 14-31, back cover torn.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

It is assumed that Ernestine travelled to Italy accompanied by her parents or relatives, fleeing Nazi persecution that reached a crescendo with the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. Her temporary entrance visa indicated that she would depart from Italy via Trieste, and her British consular visa - issued in Rome - allowed her to travel to British Mandatory Palestine.

It seems counter-intuitive that Ernestine - and Jews in general - would for …

Acme Press Photo Of Breckinridge Long

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Man seated with hand placed on papers on desk.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Acme Press Photo of Breckinridge Long after his nomination by Franklin Delano Roosevelt as United States’ Ambassador to Italy. He would be Assistant Secretary of State from 1940-1944. Long was known for his restrictive immigration policies and obstruction of initiatives to save Jews.

Group Photograph Of Youth In Displaced Persons Camp, Possibly Villa Panti, In Soriano Nel Cimino, Italy

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Black and white photograph of large group of youth sitting and standing at exterior of building.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Group photograph taken on the eve of Aliyah - the journey to the Promised Land - leaving for Israel 9/5/1948. On May 14, 1948, the British Mandate over Palestine expired, and the new State of Israel was born.