Letter : Paper : handwritten, printed : Graphite pencil : beige, grey, yellow, orange ; Ht: 11,5 cm x W: 20,9 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[Prior to 1944]
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Hungarian
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Stationery paper with print at top right of a girl in yellow dress and shoes, holding yellow flowers. Grey graphite pencil, handwritten in capital block letters by Évike Naves, adressed to "APUKA" ("little daddy"). Document has been folded both horizontally and vertically. Envelope with pencil in capital block letters, signed: WINBERGEREVAVAJA Narrative: Donor is Elaine Kalman Naves, daughter of Gustav and Anikó Weinberger. Her half-sister Évike Weinberger (born 1938; died 1944) was the daughter of Gustav and Mancika Weinberger. Évike was killed in Auschwitz in 1944. This collection of correspondence was used as part of the research for the following book: Kalman Naves, Elaine. Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. Print.