Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Collection of Postcards Sent from Lodz Ghetto and other Places in Poland to Shanghai, 1940-1941
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Seven postcards sent from Warsaw Ghetto, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Piotrków Trybunalski and Lodz Ghetto to Shanghai, China, 1940-1941. German and Polish.
The postcards were sent during World War II and they are addressed to Mr. Gutman in Shanghai. Most are from members of the Bialoglowski family. They include a typewritten postcard from Mordechai Haim Rumkowski, regarding the condition of Anette Gutman in the Warsaw Ghetto, a postcard with a stamp of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat (with the name of Rumkowski, the head of the Judenrat), postcards with Polish and Chinese postal stamps, and more. Enclosed is a postcard sent to Mr. Gutman in 1933.
Approx. 15X10.5 cm. Fair condition. Wear, stains and creases. Stamps removed from some of the postcards. Corner with stamp cut out of one postcard.
The postcards were sent during World War II and they are addressed to Mr. Gutman in Shanghai. Most are from members of the Bialoglowski family. They include a typewritten postcard from Mordechai Haim Rumkowski, regarding the condition of Anette Gutman in the Warsaw Ghetto, a postcard with a stamp of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat (with the name of Rumkowski, the head of the Judenrat), postcards with Polish and Chinese postal stamps, and more. Enclosed is a postcard sent to Mr. Gutman in 1933.
Approx. 15X10.5 cm. Fair condition. Wear, stains and creases. Stamps removed from some of the postcards. Corner with stamp cut out of one postcard.
Anglo-Judaica and Americana, Jewish Communities, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Anglo-Judaica and Americana, Jewish Communities, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah