Auction 60 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Mar 20, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St. Jerusalem 9242209
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LOT 192:

Collection of Postcards Sent from Lodz Ghetto and other Places in Poland to Shanghai, 1940-1941

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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.

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