Collection

Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level

Item

Material Type

textual record

Physical Description

Postcard : Paper : handwritten, printed, stamped : Ink; colour pencil : beige, blue, green, black, red ; Ht: 10,5 cm x W: 14,9 cm

Other Title Information

Documentary Artifact

Date

May 21, 1944

Physical Condition

Good

Language

Hungarian

Notes

1 page, double-sided horizontal paper. Recto, handwriting of Miklos Weinberger. Dated at top right "Kisvárda, 1944. V. 21.". Signature at bottom right "Miku". Verso, sender's address at bottom left "Weinberger Miklós". Right side addressed to "Weinberger Gustáv / 108/101. msz. / Borgóprund. / Besztercze Naszód m". At top right, signature of Captain Soós in ink and illegible signature of controller in red colour pencil. Narrative: Donor is Elaine Kalman Naves, daughter of Gustav and Anikó Weinberger. The postcard was sent from Miklos Weinberger to Gustav Weinberger. The correspondence was under supervision of Captain Soós. 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.

Accession No.

2014.01.120

Name Access

Kalman Naves, Elaine

Places

Kisvarda, Hungary, Europe

Archival / Genealogical

Archival Descriptions

Repository

Montreal Holocaust Museum

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