Object numberM2000/003:004
DescriptionPostcard written by Jarmila on behalf of Vera, to Vera's sister Anka recovering in a British Red Cross hospital in Bergen-Belsen, after liberation. She writes about a little parcel which will arrive and wishes her a good appetite.
"Dear Anka, Because I haven’t got time I just write a few lines. I don’t think there will be reason to write any longer. We don’t have many weeks. It looks a little bit better since she came. Whenever we meet I am happy. I hope this little parcel which you will get will arrive in the best of order. Have a good appetite. Your letter arrived in good time. Lots of kisses until we meet again. Best regards from your Vashka (husband).
Kisses Jarmila."
Vera Meyer neé Fischer was born 24 February 1915, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father Bohumil Fischer (born 25 December 1879; murdered 1942). Mother: Ludmilla Fischer (nee Popper) (born 12 August 1881). Older Sister: Anna [Anka] Glaesner (born 1908, died 1989 Sydney). Vera’s first husband: Paul Noklov, married in April 1939; Died on day of Auschwitz liberation. Her second husband: Nokolo Korner, married in 1947 (daughter Helen was born in 1948). Third husband: Mr Meyer.
Vera was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943; then deported to Auschwitz in October 1944. Sent to Bergen-Belsen from November 1944 to February 1945; then transferred to Buchenwald, and later sent on a work transport to nearby Raguhn Dessau that produced aeroplane parts for Junkers. Her evacuation (death march) back to Theresienstadt where she was liberated by the Russians in May 1945; recuperated from Typhoid and Hepatitus in hospital in Theresienstadt. Returning to Prague to find out the fate of her family members whe learnt that her husband Paul Noklov had died on the day of Auschwitz’s liberation. She arrived in Austalia 22 March 1947.
"Dear Anka, Because I haven’t got time I just write a few lines. I don’t think there will be reason to write any longer. We don’t have many weeks. It looks a little bit better since she came. Whenever we meet I am happy. I hope this little parcel which you will get will arrive in the best of order. Have a good appetite. Your letter arrived in good time. Lots of kisses until we meet again. Best regards from your Vashka (husband).
Kisses Jarmila."
Vera Meyer neé Fischer was born 24 February 1915, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father Bohumil Fischer (born 25 December 1879; murdered 1942). Mother: Ludmilla Fischer (nee Popper) (born 12 August 1881). Older Sister: Anna [Anka] Glaesner (born 1908, died 1989 Sydney). Vera’s first husband: Paul Noklov, married in April 1939; Died on day of Auschwitz liberation. Her second husband: Nokolo Korner, married in 1947 (daughter Helen was born in 1948). Third husband: Mr Meyer.
Vera was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943; then deported to Auschwitz in October 1944. Sent to Bergen-Belsen from November 1944 to February 1945; then transferred to Buchenwald, and later sent on a work transport to nearby Raguhn Dessau that produced aeroplane parts for Junkers. Her evacuation (death march) back to Theresienstadt where she was liberated by the Russians in May 1945; recuperated from Typhoid and Hepatitus in hospital in Theresienstadt. Returning to Prague to find out the fate of her family members whe learnt that her husband Paul Noklov had died on the day of Auschwitz’s liberation. She arrived in Austalia 22 March 1947.
Production periodpost World War II
Subjectfood parcels, hospitals, liberation, sisters
Object namepostcards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 105.00 mm
height: 150.00 mm
Language
- Czech Dear Anka
Because I haven’t got time I just write a few lines. I don’t think there will be reason to write any longer. We don’t have many weeks. It looks a little bit better since she came. (comment: it is not clear who ‘she’ is). Whenever we meet I am happy. I hope this little parcel which you will get will arrive in the best of order. Have a good appetite. Your letter arrived in good time. Lots of kisses until we meet again. Best regards from your Vashka (husband).
Kisses (a friend)
Jarmila
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Helen Thal