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Handwritten Christmas postcard from Gurs (A/13).

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    Handwritten Christmas postcard from Gurs (A/13).
    Handwritten Christmas postcard from Gurs (A/13). In the upper left corner, a sketch of a Christmas tree branch with one lighted candle, under which is written "Christmas 1940," and a poem: "To honor your family, dear Sigi/How can one consume so many [food] packets?/If you also have a great, strong, powerful bass [voice],/For mercy's sake, just don't eat anything treif."

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    Handwritten Christmas postcard from Gurs (A/13).

    In the upper left corner, a sketch of a Christmas tree branch with one lighted candle, under which is written "Christmas 1940," and a poem: "To honor your family, dear Sigi/How can one consume so many [food] packets?/If you also have a great, strong, powerful bass [voice],/For mercy's sake, just don't eat anything treif."
    Date
    1940 December 25
    Locale
    Gurs, [Pyrenees-Atlantiques] France
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Julie Klein

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Julie Klein
    Source Record ID: Collections: 1988.108.160

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    Artifact Photographer
    Lea Prainsack
    Record last modified:
    2017-03-14 00:00:00
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