Номер объектаM2015/004:002a
ОписаниеThis is the envelope of a seven-page letter (M2015/004:002b) from Leonard Aron Oppenheim to his wife Leonie in Sydney, Australia. The envelope has been stamped twice: 31st January 1942 (Indian section base office) and 31st February 1942 (Sydney).
Leonard Aron Oppenheim was the first husband of Leonie Hirschberg who later became Leonie Hilton. Leonie left Berlin in 1938 in order to escape the Nazi regime. They met and got married in Singapore. Leonard Aron Oppenheim was born in Harbin, Russia, of Jewish origin. He was an engineer and architect in Singapore which was controlled by Britain. When war started he joined the British Volunteer Corps. The Japanese conquered Singapore in February 1942. Leonie was evacuated and ended up in Sydney. Leonard was captured and put to work. He became a prisoner (N° 13753) of war and was moved from Singapore to a camp in Kuching, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo in March 1943. There Leonard died in 1945. The cause of his death was officially given as malaria and beriberi.
Between 1942 and 1945, Leonie and Leonard managed to make contact in an exchange of telegrams, letters, postcards and broadcast messages.
The letter has been censored as the red stamp (‘passed by censor’) on the envelope tells. Taking this into account, page seven might be of particular interest as a part of the page was cut out containing approximately five written lines, as following: “About a week ago, there was a severe raid on the … (part cut out) … this happened in the morning and I can only hope poor Mrs. Ynen (?) was not hurt.”
Leonard Aron Oppenheim was the first husband of Leonie Hirschberg who later became Leonie Hilton. Leonie left Berlin in 1938 in order to escape the Nazi regime. They met and got married in Singapore. Leonard Aron Oppenheim was born in Harbin, Russia, of Jewish origin. He was an engineer and architect in Singapore which was controlled by Britain. When war started he joined the British Volunteer Corps. The Japanese conquered Singapore in February 1942. Leonie was evacuated and ended up in Sydney. Leonard was captured and put to work. He became a prisoner (N° 13753) of war and was moved from Singapore to a camp in Kuching, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo in March 1943. There Leonard died in 1945. The cause of his death was officially given as malaria and beriberi.
Between 1942 and 1945, Leonie and Leonard managed to make contact in an exchange of telegrams, letters, postcards and broadcast messages.
The letter has been censored as the red stamp (‘passed by censor’) on the envelope tells. Taking this into account, page seven might be of particular interest as a part of the page was cut out containing approximately five written lines, as following: “About a week ago, there was a severe raid on the … (part cut out) … this happened in the morning and I can only hope poor Mrs. Ynen (?) was not hurt.”
Дата
ТемаHolocaust, survivors, Jews in Australia, loved ones' contact, Japanese occupation, prisoners of war
Наименованиеenvelopes
Размерность
- width: 139.00 mm
height: 93.00 mm
Язык
- English
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Jeffrey Hilton