Postcard : Paper : printed, stamped, handwritten : Ink : beige, red, grey, black ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 14 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
Russian
French
Notes
1 page. On the recto is the handwritten text in cursive cyrillic. On the verso is the adresses from both the recipient and the sender. On the t.l. is the emblem of the Red Army. On the t.r. is a stamp depicting the portrait of a woman wearing a white cap and a pearl necklace. The postcard was sent to Olga Rabinovitz Bilich when she was in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Narrative: Olga Rabinovitz Bilich was born in Liubar in 1924. She went to Odessa in June 1941, where she cared for wounded soldiers. She was evacuated to Almaty, Kazakhstan, and returned to Odessa after the war. She went back to Liubar in 1944, when it was liberated. She eventually settled in Kiev, teaching literature and languages.