Postcard

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Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : handwritten, printed, stamped : Graphite pencil; ink; colour pencil : beige, grey, green, black, red, blue ; Ht: 10,5 cm x W: 14,85 cm
Date
June 4, 1944-June 10, 1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : handwritten, printed, stamped : Graphite pencil; ink; colour pencil : beige, grey, green, black, red, blue ; Ht: 10,5 cm x W: 14,85 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
June 4, 1944-June 10, 1944
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Hungarian
Notes
1 page, double-sided horizontal paper. Recto contains handwriting of Gustav Weinberger, dated at bottom left "1944.VI.4.". Verso, right side addressed to "Dr. Békés Kalman(...) / Debrecen / Simonffy utca 32.". Address crossed out in blue colour pencil. Sender's address at left "Weinberger Gusztav / Borgoprund. 108/101 (...) / Beszterce-Naszod m." At top right, 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 Gustav Weinberger to Erzsike Békés. The correspondence was under supervision of a controller. Stamped against regulations but very legible. 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.
2014.01.126
Name Access
Kalman Naves, Elaine
Places
Borgóprund, Hungary, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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