Номер объектаM2007/020:011
ОписаниеCensored postcard written to Gisela Wiesner in Ljubljana by her mother Zirel in Leipzig, dated 16 October 1941. Her mother thanks her for the postcard and tells her that receiving mail from her children is her only joy. She assures her daughter they are healthy but she is worried as she hasn't received mail from Grandma in a while.
Gisela Wiesner was born on 19 April 1924, in Kiel, Germany to Josef Hersch Wiesner and Zirel nee Heller. At the beginning of 1939, the large family all lived in a ‘Judenhaus’ in Kiel, including Gisela’s elder sisters Charlotte and Regina (Ruth), younger twins Frieda and Leopold, and toddler Selma. Within months the family was separated. Leopold and Frieda escaped on a Kindertransport to England. In July, Charlotte escaped to eastern Europe and later attempted to immigrate to Palestine, while Josef fled to Belgium to attain US visas for his family. In September, the rest of the family remaining in Kiel were deported to Leipzig. Zirel, Gisela and Selma were confined to a collection camp there, while Ruth was hospitalised for mental illness.
In September 1940, Ruth was deported to Brandenburg Euthanasia Centre and murdered on arrival. Shortly after in November, Charlotte was killed on board the SS Patria, which suffered an explosion and sank while trying to divert Jewish immigrants from Palestine. Gisela did not learn of their fates until after the war. In 1941, she managed to escape the Leipzig collection camp and, with the help of a Zionist organisation, fled via Zagreb to Italy and later Switzerland.
This card is part of a collection of postcards which were sent regularly to Gisela from Joseph and Zirel during 1941 and 1942. They are filled with news of family, messages of love and advice, and document the last contact between a father, mother and their daughter. By the end of 1942, Gisela had no further signs of life from her parents. Zirel and Selma were deported to Riga where they were murdered. Joseph was deported from Belgium to Auschwitz. He survived Auschwitz and a death march to Neuengamme concentration camp in Germany, but died there of hunger and exhaustion on 11 May 1945, three days after the war had ended.
Gisela Wiesner was born on 19 April 1924, in Kiel, Germany to Josef Hersch Wiesner and Zirel nee Heller. At the beginning of 1939, the large family all lived in a ‘Judenhaus’ in Kiel, including Gisela’s elder sisters Charlotte and Regina (Ruth), younger twins Frieda and Leopold, and toddler Selma. Within months the family was separated. Leopold and Frieda escaped on a Kindertransport to England. In July, Charlotte escaped to eastern Europe and later attempted to immigrate to Palestine, while Josef fled to Belgium to attain US visas for his family. In September, the rest of the family remaining in Kiel were deported to Leipzig. Zirel, Gisela and Selma were confined to a collection camp there, while Ruth was hospitalised for mental illness.
In September 1940, Ruth was deported to Brandenburg Euthanasia Centre and murdered on arrival. Shortly after in November, Charlotte was killed on board the SS Patria, which suffered an explosion and sank while trying to divert Jewish immigrants from Palestine. Gisela did not learn of their fates until after the war. In 1941, she managed to escape the Leipzig collection camp and, with the help of a Zionist organisation, fled via Zagreb to Italy and later Switzerland.
This card is part of a collection of postcards which were sent regularly to Gisela from Joseph and Zirel during 1941 and 1942. They are filled with news of family, messages of love and advice, and document the last contact between a father, mother and their daughter. By the end of 1942, Gisela had no further signs of life from her parents. Zirel and Selma were deported to Riga where they were murdered. Joseph was deported from Belgium to Auschwitz. He survived Auschwitz and a death march to Neuengamme concentration camp in Germany, but died there of hunger and exhaustion on 11 May 1945, three days after the war had ended.
Место изготовленияGermany
Дата 1941-10-16
Темаhuman communication, signs of life, Rosh Hashana
Наименованиеpostcards
Материалpaper
Размерность
- length: 105.00 mm
width: 150.00 mm
Язык
- German Stamp: German, 16 October 1941
Place: Leipzig (city of exhibitions)
Additional stamped Horjul, Lubiana date
Addressed to Miss Gisela Wiesner, Grad Lesuv, Post Horjul via Lubiana Italy
Sender: Cilli Wiesner, Gustav Adolf Str 7, Leipzig
My dear Gisela!
I received your dear card of 3.10 with thanks and I enjoyed it very, very much, for it is now my only joy to get good news from my dear children. Letting you know that we are, thank G-d, well and wish the same about you. We spent the Holy Days pleasantly and I am happy because you write that you are, thank G-d well and are healthy, hopefully it will continue this way. Molly (?) also writes to me, only from Grandma I have not had any mail for a very long time and I am very worried. Erna and children and Grandma are well, they are healthy. Which photos do you want? Did anyone receive things from here? I shall take the time and see whether I can send you the things. I leave in the mornings and return in the evening from work so I am very tired. Be greeted and kissed a thousand times. Your loving Mum.
Side margin: Wishing you a good year
Top margin: 1000 kisses from Manu (?)
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Fritz Adler