Номер объектаM2015/004:004
ОписаниеTyped telegram forwarded by The Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company, stamped with ‘Sydney 9 Feb 1942’ and 'Singapore', with following text:
‘TPO173H SGPRPOSUB 13 7
GLT OPPENHEIM CARE OF COOKS SY =
WELL DON’T WORRY LOVE WRITE SOON + OPPENHEIM’
The text was typed on three paper stripes that were stuck on the telegram. It is also signed under 'Clerk's name'.
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.
‘TPO173H SGPRPOSUB 13 7
GLT OPPENHEIM CARE OF COOKS SY =
WELL DON’T WORRY LOVE WRITE SOON + OPPENHEIM’
The text was typed on three paper stripes that were stuck on the telegram. It is also signed under 'Clerk's name'.
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.
Дата
ТемаHolocaust, survivors, Jews in Australia, loved ones' contact, Japanese occupation, prisoners of war
Наименованиеtelegrams
Размерность
- width: 195.00 mm
height: 201.00 mm
Язык
- English
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Jeffrey Hilton