A postcard written by Szlamek and Bracha (Chmielnicka) [illegible last name] to Aron Gepner, a Polish Jew who has been interned in the Tittmoning transit camp in Germany.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 01260

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Caption: A postcard written by Szlamek and Bracha (Chmielnicka) [illegible last name] to Aron Gepner, a Polish Jew who has been interned in the Tittmoning transit camp in Germany.

Both are asking for help, listing different people that might possibly be able to assist them in getting to Switzerland. Natan Szwalb, who is mentioned several times in the correspondence, succeeded in sending Swiss papers to some Bedzin Jews.
Date: 1943 June 03
Locale: Bedzin, [Zaglebie; Katowice] Poland
Variant Locale: Bendzin
Bendin
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin & Hanka Schlesinger

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Benjamin & Hanka Schlesinger

Source Record ID: Collections: 1996.A.564

Keyword: BEDZIN CORRESPONDENCE/MAIL DOCUMENTS GHETTO/OCCUPATION ILAG VII JEWS (POLISH) POSTCARDS TITTMONING TRANSIT CAMPS ZAGLEBIE (DISTRICT)
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- BEDZIN/DABROWA/SOSNOWIEC -- Documents