Postcard from Dr. Elisabeth Eylenburg in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, 1944 September 22

Item

Identifier: B333.04.0001.0004.00006

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Abstract

Postcard written by Dr. Elisabeth Eylenburg in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, Czechoslovakia to Karin Steinberg in Vetschau, Germany. Preprinted postcard with blanks Eylenburg filled in so that the message reads, "Theresienstadt, on 22. IX [September] 1944, My Love, I gratefully acknowledge receipt of your package on 2 1944, Elisabeth." The address side of the postcard has Eylenburg's and Steinberg's addresses and canceled stamps featuring Adolf Hitler. The postmark is dated October 11, 1944. Eylenburg died in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Dates

1944 September 22

Creator

Eylenburg, Elisabeth, 1864-1944 (Person)

Digital Repository

Postcard from Dr. Elisabeth Eylenburg in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp

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1 Items (letter)

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Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Personal letters to Henry Lowenstein in England from his family. Cards from the Eylenburgs in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp to the Loewensteins in Berlin and Karin Steinberg in Vetschau, Germany.