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A postcard sent to Rys Berkowicz in Kobe from her family and friends in Warsaw. (Address side--back)

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A postcard sent to Rys Berkowicz in Kobe from her family and friends in Warsaw. (Address side--back)

Postcards sent during spring 1941 to the refugees in Kobe from relatives in occupied Poland. In 1941 most Polish Jews were living in ghettos established by the Nazis, and hundreds died daily from starvation, disease, and exhaustion from forced labor. Because the mail was censored, little was said about the suffering under Nazi rule. In 1942 the Nazis began systematically deporting Jews from the ghettos to Auschwitz-Birkenau and other killing centers equipped with gas chambers.

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Caption: A postcard sent to Rys Berkowicz in Kobe from her family and friends in Warsaw. (Address side--back)

Postcards sent during spring 1941 to the refugees in Kobe from relatives in occupied Poland. In 1941 most Polish Jews were living in ghettos established by the Nazis, and hundreds died daily from starvation, disease, and exhaustion from forced labor. Because the mail was censored, little was said about the suffering under Nazi rule. In 1942 the Nazis began systematically deporting Jews from the ghettos to Auschwitz-Birkenau and other killing centers equipped with gas chambers.
Date: 1941 June 20
Locale: Warsaw, Poland
Variant Locale: Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ruth Berkowicz Segal

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Ruth Berkowicz Segal

Source Record ID: Collections: Exh. Loan: Segal, Ruth Berkowicz

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ARTIFACTS CORRESPONDENCE/MAIL EXHIBITIONS (SPECIAL) FLIGHT & RESCUE (EXHIBIT) POSTCARDS
Photo Designation: EXHIBITIONS -- Special Exhibitions and Publications -- Flight and Rescue -- Archival/Textual Records

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Max Reid

Record last modified:: 2001-01-31 00:00:00
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