F06_P05: Flight of Polish Jews, Palestine Police Censorship

Archive

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Spungen Family Foundation - Holocaust Postal Collection

1943 February 20, Front side - Letter from Polish Jewish internee in Palestine, censored by Palestine and Germany.: White letter with typed text in blue ink. Handwriting in black ink and pencil is present. The letters Ab are circled in magenta ink at the top edge.
1943 February 20, Front side - Letter from Polish Jewish internee in Palestine, censored by Palestine and Germany.

White letter with typed text in blue ink. Handwriting in black ink and pencil is present. The letters Ab are circled in magenta ink at the top edge.

Name/Title

F06_P05: Flight of Polish Jews, Palestine Police Censorship

Entry/Object ID

2007.6.5.a

Scope and Content

1943 February 20, letter from Polish Jewish internee in Palestine, censored by Palestine and Germany.

Context

The Warsaw headquarters of HIAS/JEAS sought every opportunity for Jews to escape, but few countries would accept them. A January 2, 1940, letter from the Warsaw HIAS/JEAS office to its counterpart in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A February 20, 1943, letter from a Polish Jewish internee in Palestine to Warsaw, censored by the Palestine Police and by Germany. The 50-groschen German occupation provisional overprinted stamp of Deutsche Post Osten (Poland General Government) was valid until September 30, 1940. The internee's letter was postage free by international convention.

Collection

Nazi Scourge I: Primary Exhibition

Category

Letter
Philatelic Material

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1943 - Feb 1943

Primary Language

Polish

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Measurement of the full length and width of the archive.

Width

4-1/8 in

Length

4-13/16 in

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Region

Palestine, Middle East, West Asia

Continent

Africa, Asia

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

C. Walrich - Updated (Dec 15 2025) C. Walrich - Updated Title (Feb 26 2026) C. Walrich - Back-Up Material (Mar 11 2026) C. Walrich - Back-Up PDF (May 7 2026)