Overview
- Description
- Consists of a postcard written by Edith David to a gentile friend in Düggenheim (Eifel region), Germany, from the ghetto at Lublin, Poland. The postcard simply states that Edith and her mother are doing well and have met many acquaintances in Lublin. She expresses her hope to receive word back from the addressee, Frau Wnr. Heinr. Brck
Edith David was deported to Lublin at the age of 14 with her mother. She was never heard from again. - Date
-
creation:
1942
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Collection, Gift of Selma Abensohn
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Postcards.
- Extent
-
1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Germany. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Lublin.
- Geographic Name
- Krasnystaw (Poland) Düggenheim (Germany) Eifel (Germany)
- Personal Name
- David, Edith. Brück, Wnr. Heinr.
- Corporate Name
- Majdanek (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Edith David wrote the postcard while at Lublin and mailed it to a "Gentile" friend of the family in Dngenheim, Germany. The postcard was forwarded to Selma D. Abensohn after World War II. Abensohn donated the postcard to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 1991 via Michael Berenbaum.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:00:03
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