Overview
- Description
- According to Erwin Markowitz, his mother, father, and sister wrote the postcard and mailed it from Nagyberezna, Hungary, in April 1944. He received it while he was a prisoner in a compulsory labor camp called Ujverbas in Transylvania. According to a translation from the Hungarian provided by Mr. Markowitz, the card reads (on one side), "Last time do I write to you. We travel we don't know where. God wanted that way. We say goodbye to you, lots of kisses Sister Sadie"; on other side, "Many Kisses Your Mother followed by illegible translated word" and "Same greetings kisses your father."
- Date
-
creation:
1944
- Collection Creator
- Erwin Markowitz
Physical Details
- Language
- Hungarian
- Genre/Form
- Postcards.
- Extent
-
1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Nagyberezna (Hungary) Transylvania (Romania)
- Personal Name
- Markowitz, Erwin. Markowitz, Sadie.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Erwin Markowitz's sister, Sadie, and his parents wrote the postcard in Apr. 1944. They mailed it in 1944 from Nagyberezna, Hungary, to Markowitz who was at a labor camp at that time. Markowitz donated the postcard to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Nov. 1992.
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- 2024-01-25 09:54:48
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