Postcard

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Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : handwritten, printed, stamped : Ink; colour pencil : beige, black, green, red ; Ht: 10,45 cm x W: 14,8 cm
Date
June 12, 1944-June 18, 1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : handwritten, printed, stamped : Ink; colour pencil : beige, black, green, red ; Ht: 10,45 cm x W: 14,8 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
June 12, 1944-June 18, 1944
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Hungarian
Notes
1 page, double-sided horizontal paper. Recto contains handwriting of Agi Békés, dated at bottom left "Debrecen, 1944.VI.12." and signed at bottom right "Agi". Verso, handwriting of Erzsike Békés. Right side addressed to "Weinberger Gusztav / 108/101 m.sz. / Borgoprund / Beszterce-Naszod m."Sender's address at left "Dr. Békés Agnes / Debrecen, Simonffy u. / 32.". At top left, signature of Captain Soós in red colour pencil. Narrative: Donor is Elaine Kalman Naves, daughter of Gustav and Anikó Weinberger. The postcard was sent from the Békés family to Gustav Weinberger. Correspondence contains updates on the Weinberger, Békés and Ullmann families. 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.
2014.01.128
Name Access
Kalman Naves, Elaine
Places
Debrecen, Hungary, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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