Postcard

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Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : handwritten, printed, stamped : Ink : beige, blue, brown, black ; Ht: 10,35 cm x W: 14,6 cm
Date
July 28, 1941
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : handwritten, printed, stamped : Ink : beige, blue, brown, black ; Ht: 10,35 cm x W: 14,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
July 28, 1941
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Hungarian
Notes
1 postcard, double-sided horizontal paper. Recto, addressed to [translated from Hungarian]: "My beloved Children!" Handwriting of Ilona Schwarcz Weinberger. Verso of card is addressed in Mancika's hand to "Weinberger Gustav" in Toronya. Narrative: Donor is Elaine Kalman Naves, daughter of Gustav and Anikó Weinberger. Mancika Weinberger (born 1910; died 1944) was the first wife of Gustav Weinberger. Ilona Schwarcz Weinberger (1881-1944) was Gustav's mother. Both Mancika and Ilona were 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.
Accession No.
2014.01.38
Name Access
Kalman Naves, Elaine
Places
Hungary, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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