Telegram
Object numberM2007/086:003
TitleTelegram
DescriptionTelegram, in German, sent to Brautpaar Sonnabend (the Sonnabend wedding couple), Wahrendorffsg 3 Stockholm, Sweden, on the day of their wedding, 28 April 1946. It was sent by a group of friends from the Displaced Person's Camp [Rydsbrunn ?] where Isi and Mala were living at the time of their wedding. It wishes the couple luck, joy and satisfaction on their new life together. Isi Sonnabend and Mala Rekant met in the Bialystock Ghetto. They were separated when the ghetto was liquidated then briefly reunited in Auschwitz. They were separated again when Auschwitz was evacuated by the Nazis then miraculously reunited in Sweden after the war. They married at Mosaiska Synagogue in Stockholm, Sweden, and later moved to Australia.
Production placeSweden
Production date 1946-04-28
Subjectliberation, love, marriage, post World War II, post war life, Displaced Persons camps, refugee camp marriages, weddings
Object nametelegrams
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 214.00 mm
height: 274.00 mm
Language
- German On your new life path we all, Rydsbrunn friends, wish you much luck, joy and satisfaction, always your faithful companions.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Mala Sonnabend