F03_P12: Warsaw Jewish Ghetto
1941 June 9, Front side - Post card from Warsaw ghetto resident to a Jewish religious agency in Stockholm, Sweden.
Tan post card with printed text and outline in German using purple ink. Cursive handwriting in German using black ink is present. At the top right corner, a purple 30-groszy imprinted stamp depicting the Briggita Church in Lublin, Poland. At the center, a cancellation dated June 9, 1941. Underneath, a red ink cancellation with the Reichsadler symbol.
Name/Title
F03_P12: Warsaw Jewish GhettoEntry/Object ID
2008.4.53Scope and Content
1941 June 9, post card from Warsaw ghetto resident to a Jewish religious agency in Stockholm, Sweden.Context
Both cards were first censored by the Jewish Council, which applied the small boxed “Judenrat Warschau” mark in black ink, similar to the marking in red ink shown on the previous page. Above: A June 9, 1941, postal card from a Warsaw ghetto resident to a Jewish religious agency at Stockholm, Sweden, with a circular red Nazi censor mark applied at Berlin. Below: The reply portion of a message-and-reply postal card from a Jewish ghetto resident to his brother at Brussels, Belgium, canceled October 31, 1941, at Warsaw, with a red machine Nazi censor mark applied at Cologne.Collection
Nazi Scourge II: Five Frame ExhibitCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material