Postcard

Held by

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

Dates

1939-January 22, 1940 (indexed as 1939–1940)

Level

item

Extent

Postcard : Paper : Handwritten, Typed, Printed : Ink : Beige, Black, Red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5,5 in.

Scope & content

1 page, double-sided. Document is a postcard with typed text and a handwritten addition at bottom, recto. Country designated in return address is 'Polen Deutschland' (Poland Germany, trad. from German). Narrative: Postcard was sent to the donor Sara Birnbaum and her husband, from his family in Poland. She emigrated to Canada in 1932 and married. The postcard was mailed from Poland to Antwerp, Belgium, then forwarded to her in Montreal. There was no mail service between Canada and Poland during World War II; as a Dominion of the British Empire, Canada opted to support the British war effort. Canada thus became an enemy to the Third Reich.

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Genre / form

textual record

Format

Postcard; Document

In the picture

DocumentHandwrittenLetterPostcardSignatureTypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

Ożarów den 22. I. 1940Liebe Kinder.Kinder.Euer Mutter Małka Birenbaum.Beste Grüsse von mirFreim BirenbaumEuer Mutter Małka BirnbaumErwin BirnbaumEure Postkarte vom 7/I habe erhalten und auch auf EurePostkarte von forigsmal habe auch Antwort geschrieben,aber ich kann das nicht verstehen warum Ihr hat es njchterhalten.Bei uns ist keine Neues wir sind alle gesund. Ichbitte mir zu schreiben was ihr hört von Feige, denn ichhabe bis jetzt von ihr keine Nachricht schon sehr langgehat.Wir grüssen Euech härtzlich wie auch die liebeRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

German

Harvested

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

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