Selective Service registration card issued to Jack Postman only two years after his arrival in the United States from Nazi Austria.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 51944

Date: 1940 October 16
Photo Designation: JEWISH REFUGEES: SEARCH FOR SAFE HAVENS (1933-1945) -- Emigration/Refugee Assistance -- In USA -- Refugees/Absorption/Correspondence
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stanley Feder

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.
Keyword: DOCUMENTS
IDENTIFICATION PAPERS
REGISTRATION
SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Stanley Feder
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