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American Jewish soldier Jack Postman relaxes outside in a lounge chair in front of a sign that reads: "Souvenirs: Hitler, Goering and Bohrman walked over all these rocks. Help yourself!"

Photograph | Photograph Number: 98113
American Jewish soldier Jack Postman relaxes outside in a lounge chair in front of a sign that reads: "Souvenirs: Hitler, Goering and Bohrman walked over all these rocks. Help yourself!"

American Jewish soldier Jack Postman relaxes outside in a lounge chair in front of a sign that reads: "Souvenirs: Hitler, Goering and Bohrman walked over all these rocks. Help yourself!"

Date
1945
Locale
Berchtesgaden, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Designation
WORLD WAR II: ALLIED WAR EFFORT -- Allied Invasion/Fighting Units -- Daily Life
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stanley Feder

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Biography
Stanley Feder is the nephew of Jacob (Jack) Postman (b. Feb. 10, 1915) in Vienna. Jacob Postman began law school while still in Vienna. Jacob had an uncle in Brooklyn who helped him emigrate shortly after the Anschluss. Rather than continue his legal training, Jacob Postman became an accountant after arriving in the United States. He married Francis Lischinsky (the sister of the donor's mother). Postman's sister Tina (later Klemper) escaped Vienna and came to Shanghai via the Soviet Union. During the war, Jack Postman worked as a translator with the U.S. Army since he was fluent in German, Italian, French and English. He also assisted with war crime trials.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Stanley Feder
 
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