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Postcard

itemSeptember 27, 1943

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Postcard
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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
September 27, 1943 (indexed as 1943)
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item
Extent
Postcard : Paper : Black, Brown, Red, Blue ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 4 in.
Scope & content
1 page, double sided. 3 stamps, and 1 postage stamp with a profile picture of Adolf Hitler on it. Narrative: Postcard was sent by Willy Deutz while in "Birkenau Work Camp" the post mark is from Charlottenburg. Paula wrote on the postcard the date of receipt 29/9/43. Willie Deutz was a German Jew from Frankfurt. In 1929 he married Paula, a German gentile woman. They had met as Paula worked as a servant for Willie’s parents. Willie was arrested in 1943 and sent to a prison in Darmstadt (Germany). He was killed on August 25, 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland). Paula received a death notice from the camp commandant, pretending her husband had succumbed to an infection and she could retrieve his ashes if she desired to do so.
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DocumentEnvelopeGovernmentHandwrittenImmigrationJewish CommunityLetterMilitaryPostage StampPostcardPostmarkSignatureStampTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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RückantwortPostkarten in deutscher Spracheüber diePostkarVERWAHRT DIE ZÜNDHÖLZER!DEUTSCHES REICHCHARLOTTENBURG 2FrauPaula DEUTZOffenbach a/M.Willy Is. DEUTZStraße:Ort:PostkarteEing. am 29.9.43Berlin N 65, Iranische Straße 2627 9 4319-20Absender:Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language
German
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