Overview
- Description
- Contains a collection of postal covers, mail forms, postcards, and Red Cross correspondence from the Holocaust era. Includes materials sent to/from Stalag VIIIB, Italy, Theresienstadt, Berlin, Nurnberg, Sachsenhausen, France, Canada, Palestine, and Israel; dated 1940-1949; collected by Herbert Hordes (donor's late husband).
- Date
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1940-1949
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stella G. Hordes
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Postmarks. Letters.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Collected by Herbert Hordes, donor's late husband. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Stella Hordes.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 09:29:57
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn544141
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- Terms of Use
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