F03_P12: Warsaw Jewish Ghetto
1941 October 31, Front side - Post card from Jewish ghetto resident to brother in Brussels, Belgium.
Green post card with printed text in Spanish and Dutch using red ink. Cursive handwriting in black ink and pencil. A black ink overprint stamp dated October 31, 1941 is present. A pink cancellation depicting the Reichsadler symbol spans the top horizontally.
Name/Title
F03_P12: Warsaw Jewish GhettoEntry/Object ID
2008.4.54Scope and Content
1941 October 31, post card from Jewish ghetto resident to brother in Brussels, Belgium.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