Postcard

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

April 24, 1944 (indexed as 1944)

Level

item

Extent

Postcard : paper : red ; Ht: 10,5 cm x W: 14,3 cm

Scope & content

Postcard with black printed text, has handwritted black ink on front, and grey pencil handwritting on back. There are five black stamps on the postcard, four circular, and one rectangular. The rectangular stamp is postmarked with THERESIENSTADT. Markus Rosenburg sent the postcard to Theresienstadt in 1944 to his father-in-law Simon Kaufmann. The card was returned unsigned by Simon. Simon had probably been already deported to another location by the time the card reached Theresienstadt. Narrative: Donor's father Markus Rosenberg was born in 1890-03-12 in Waechtersbach (Germany) and was a Director of a Paint Manufacturing Division. He was married to Alice Johanna Kaufman who was born in Beuel (Germany), and was a housewife. They had a daughter named Sara (later called herself Margrit). They lived in Cologne (Germany). During the war, the family hid in Rogne (Norway) startin April 1940 and in Valdres (Norway) before finding refuge in Malmo (Sweden) in October 1943. They moved back to Oslo, Norway in 1945. Markus died on 1947-11-11. Alice and her daugther lived in Oslo until 1951, when they immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Alice died on 1981-11-02 in Montreal (Canada). Simon and Selma Kaufman (Selma was born Stein) were Alice’s parents. They lived in Beuel (Germany). During the war, they were interned in Theresienstadt and were later deported and killed in Auschwitz.

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textual record

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DocumentFormHandwrittenPostage StampPostcardPostmarkPrintedReceiptTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

Administration des Postesde Suède.Mandat de poste deSimon KaufmannAvis de réception payementHerrM. RosenbergMalmöService des postes P.S.Sverige(A remplir par le bureau d'origine)Envoi recommandé (Lettre — Boite — Colis — avec valeur déclaréeenregistré au bureau de poste dsous le N°et adressé à M¹) Indiquer dans la parenthèse la nature de l'envoi (lettre, imprimé, etc.).MottagningsbevisTimbre du bureau expéditeur de l'avis(Lieu de destination)Kilian Zollsgatan 7 IBl. 33. (Aug. 31.)Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

French

Harvested

2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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