Object numberM2012/005:016
DescriptionPostcard from Leo Rosenbaum in Cairo to his father Adolf Rosenbaum in Vienna, date illegible [Probably 1914]. Leo is spending some time in Cairo, Egypt but only tells his parents that they will soon receive a 2nd postcard. The front of the postcard shows a group of people on a crowded steamboat.
This item is part of a collection of letters, documents and photographs belonging to Gertrud Rosenbaum, a Viennese Jew who escaped to England in July 1939. After the war she immigrated to Australia. Included in the collection are letters from her husband, Leo Rosenbaum, who perished on 2 January 1939, age 46, in Dachau concentration camp; Red Cross messages of 25 words only to and from Gertrud in Cambridge to her mother Ida Deutsch, her sister Valerie (Vally) Darebnik, Rudi (her brother), and Quicki (unknown) in Vienna, spanning the years 1939 to 1943; and Red Cross communications between Leo Rosenbaum and his father Adolph in Vienna during Leo’s military service in WWI, including a photo of him in Egypt in front of a pyramid.
This item is part of a collection of letters, documents and photographs belonging to Gertrud Rosenbaum, a Viennese Jew who escaped to England in July 1939. After the war she immigrated to Australia. Included in the collection are letters from her husband, Leo Rosenbaum, who perished on 2 January 1939, age 46, in Dachau concentration camp; Red Cross messages of 25 words only to and from Gertrud in Cambridge to her mother Ida Deutsch, her sister Valerie (Vally) Darebnik, Rudi (her brother), and Quicki (unknown) in Vienna, spanning the years 1939 to 1943; and Red Cross communications between Leo Rosenbaum and his father Adolph in Vienna during Leo’s military service in WWI, including a photo of him in Egypt in front of a pyramid.
Production placeCairo, Egypt
Production date circa 1914
SubjectCairo, Egypt
Object namepostcards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- length: 90.00 mm
width: 140.00 mm
Language
- German
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Patricia Bull